Continental Drift Vocab Review

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Image of:

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Pangea

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Theory of continental drift developer?

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Alfred Wegener

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Why was Wegener's theory disbelieved?

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He could not explain HOW the continents moved.

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Pangaea

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super-continent that existed millions of years ago

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Movement of tectonic plates is caused by:

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Convection beneath Earth's crust.

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Circular currents in the mantle due to magma heating from the core.

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Convection Currents

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Earth's crust is divided into large pieces called

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Tectonic plates

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Theory that all continents were once joined and drifted apart.

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Continental Drift

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Two continents that fit together noticeably:

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South America and Africa

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Theory of Continental Drift: continents drifted to form Pangaea?

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False