Plate Tectonics

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What is the ultimate cause of plate tectonics?

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mantle convection

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The tectonic plates float on the 

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asthenosphere

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The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the

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lithosphere

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Supporting Evidence: fossils, continent shape, landforms

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Continental Drift

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Supporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, magnetic reversal

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Plate Tectonics

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The theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.

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Continental Drift

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The process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridges

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Seafloor Spreading

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Do ocean trenches always form at subduction zones where dense oceanic crust subducts?

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True

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Volcanoes never form along subduction zones.

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False

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Faults and tectonic plate boundaries are the same thing.

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False