Plate Tectonics

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What does the theory of Continental Drift explain?

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Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today.

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How do the plates move along a divergent boundary?

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They move away from one another.

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What happens at an Oceanic-Continental Convergent boundary?

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Old crust is destroyed and deep earthquakes occur.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What was the name of the supercontinent that existed when all continents were together?

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Pangea.

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How are mountains created in relation to tectonic plates?

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Mountains are created along Continental-Continental Convergent boundaries.

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with one another.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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What geological features are commonly found at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.

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What is the Ring of Fire?

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A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

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