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Duplicate of Mini-Quiz: Plate Tectonics
Duplicate of Mini-Quiz: Plate Tectonics
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plate tectonics vocabulary
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theory that earth's surface is made of rock plate that move
divergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
continental drift
magnetic reversal
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when two plates slide past one another
divergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
plate tectonics
convergent plate boundary
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when two plate seperate
plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
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when two plate collide
convergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
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The rigid plates composed of the crust and part of the upper mantle are called the ...
Athenosphere
Pangea
Lithosphere
Tectonic
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ancient super continent composed of land that forms todays continents
continental drift
pangaea
north america
fossil
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the mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
mid ocean ridge
normal polarity
sea floor spreading
plate tectonics
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hypothesis that continents are in constant motion
continental drift
wagner
Pangaea
sea floor spreading
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The plasticlike layer of the Earth that the continental plates "float" and move on top of is
Crust
Lithosphere
Athenosphere
Core
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The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking in the Mantle is a
Plate Tectonics
Rift Valley
Convection Current
Continental Drift
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new oceanic crust forms at a mid ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
mid ocean ridge
sea floor spreading
normal polarity
continental drift