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plate tectonics vocabulary
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ancient super continent composed of land that forms todays continents
fossil
north america
continental drift
pangaea
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today's magnetic field in which magnets point themselves north
mid ocean ridge
normal polarity
sea floor spreading
reversed polarity
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new oceanic crust forms at a mid ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
continental drift
sea floor spreading
normal polarity
mid ocean ridge
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theory that earth's surface is made of rock plate that move
magnetic reversal
continental drift
plate tectonics
divergent plate boundary
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hypothesis that continents are in constant motion
sea floor spreading
continental drift
wagner
Pangaea
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the mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
plate tectonics
sea floor spreading
mid ocean ridge
normal polarity
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magnetic field in which magnets orient themselves to point south
plate tectonics
normal polarity
reversed polarity
magnetic reversal
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when two plates slide past one another
plate tectonics
divergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
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event in which the magnetic field reverses directions
reversed polarity
magnetic reversal
plate tectonics
normal polarity
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when two plate seperate
transform plate boundary
plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
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when two plate collide
plate tectonics
transform plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
