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Mini-Quiz: Plate Tectonics
Mini-Quiz: Plate Tectonics
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hypothesis that continents are in constant motion
continental drift
sea floor spreading
wagner
Pangaea
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event in which the magnetic field reverses directions
normal polarity
magnetic reversal
plate tectonics
reversed polarity
3
magnetic field in which magnets orient themselves to point south
normal polarity
plate tectonics
magnetic reversal
reversed polarity
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when two plate collide
transform plate boundary
plate tectonics
divergent plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
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the mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
mid ocean ridge
sea floor spreading
normal polarity
plate tectonics
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theory that earth's surface is made of rock plate that move
continental drift
plate tectonics
divergent plate boundary
magnetic reversal
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when two plate seperate
plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
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when two plates slide past one another
transform plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
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today's magnetic field in which magnets point themselves north
sea floor spreading
reversed polarity
normal polarity
mid ocean ridge
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new oceanic crust forms at a mid ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
mid ocean ridge
normal polarity
continental drift
sea floor spreading
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ancient super continent composed of land that forms todays continents
fossil
pangaea
north america
continental drift