The Theory of Plate Tectonics

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What is the theory of plate tectonics?

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The theory that describes how Earth's outer layers is broken up into moving tectonic plates

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Possible cause of tectonic plate motion? Options: ocean tides, the sun, convection currents, current weather patterns

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convection currents

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Which picture below represents a convection current?

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The German meteorologist who came up with the continental drift theory is?

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Alfred Wegener

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What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to prove the Theory of Continental Drift?

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he looked at the fossils, land forms and how continents fit together like puzzle pieces

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When tectonic plates collide into one another, which type of boundary is this?

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convergent

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When tectonic plates move away from each other, this boundary is:

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divergent

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When a continental plate collides with another continental plate, what type of land form will be created?

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mountain ranges

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When oceanic plate and continental plate collide, what type of land form will be created?

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ocean trenches

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When tectonic plates move away from each other, what type of land form will be created?

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mid ocean ridges