
plate tectonics
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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The idea that continents move around on Earth's surface.
Back
continental drift
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
An ancient supercontinent made of the landmasses we know as our present-day continents.
Back
Pangaea
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A theory explaining how the tectonic plates (or lithosphere plates) on earth's surface move
Back
Plate Tectonics
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A hypothesis that new molten material is erupting from mid ocean ridge.
Back
sea floor spreading
Answer explanation
a hypothesis that new molten material is erupting from mid ocean ridge.
the plates where these plates meet are called plate bboundaries
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The plates where these plates meet are called plate boundaries.
Back
lithosphere
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
oceanic plates
Back
when an oceanic plate collides with another plate, either continental or oceanic, subduction of the denser plate occurs
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A valley in the ocean created when one lithosphere plate subducts under another
Back
Deep-ocean Trench
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