Plate Tectonics

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What is Pangaea?

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The name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago.

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What causes plate movement?

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Convection currents in the mantle.

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What happens when two oceanic plates diverge?

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New sea floor is created.

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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 250 million years ago?

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Pangaea.

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What landform is typically found at a convergent boundary between two oceanic crusts?

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Ocean Trench.

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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What is the theory of plate tectonics?

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A scientific theory explaining the movement of the Earth's plates and the associated geological phenomena.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

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What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.

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