6.E.2.2 Plate Tectonics

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Name of the supercontinent formed by all continents?

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Pangaea

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Convection currents cause:

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Movement of the Earth's crust/tectonic plates.

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Heat source for mantle convection currents?

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the core

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Continental drift states that continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time.

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Continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time.

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Boundary types: convergent, divergent, transform, sergent.

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Convergent boundary.

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Boundary types: convergent, divergent, transform, sergent.

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transform boundary

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Boundary types: convergent, divergent, transform, sergent.

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Divergent boundary.

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During sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle in what area?

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mid-ocean ridges

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One plate slides under another:

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subduction

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Transform boundaries sliding past each other often result in:

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Earthquakes