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1
ancient super continent composed of land that forms todays continents
continental drift
pangaea
north america
fossil
2
the mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean
mid ocean ridge
plate tectonics
normal polarity
sea floor spreading
3
event in which the magnetic field reverses directions
normal polarity
magnetic reversal
reversed polarity
plate tectonics
4
theory that earth's surface is made of rock plate that move
continental drift
divergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
magnetic reversal
5
new oceanic crust forms at a mid ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away
mid ocean ridge
continental drift
sea floor spreading
normal polarity
6
when two plates slide past one another
transform plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
divergent plate boundary
7
magnetic field in which magnets orient themselves to point south
plate tectonics
normal polarity
reversed polarity
magnetic reversal
8
hypothesis that continents are in constant motion
sea floor spreading
continental drift
wagner
Pangaea
9
when two plate collide
plate tectonics
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
10
when two plate seperate
divergent plate boundary
plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
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today's magnetic field in which magnets point themselves north
reversed polarity
normal polarity
sea floor spreading
mid ocean ridge