Do Now - VG - 12/3 - Superposition and Plate Tectonics PreFlashcard

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What is created when two continental plates converge together?

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Mountains

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Which fossil is relatively the oldest?

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Trilobite

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What is the name of the boundary where two plates converge?

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Convergent boundary

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What type of motion drives all plate movement in the Earth's Mantle?

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Convection Currents

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What was Pangea?

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A supercontinent where all Earth's land masses were joined.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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

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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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What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountains or deep ocean trenches.

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What is the significance of the Ring of Fire?

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It is an area in the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

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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.