Evidence of Plate Tectonics

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What was the name of the single landmass that existed about 300 million years ago?

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Pangaea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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True or False: The Mesosaurus is a freshwater reptile whose fossils have been found in both South America and Africa.

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True

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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What does the discovery of the same species' fossils on different continents imply about those landmasses?

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The landmasses were once connected.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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True or False: There are many locations where the magnetic North and South of rocks do not match that of the Earth.

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True

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What do fossils of tropical plants found in the Arctic Ocean indicate about the past climate?

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The climate was once warm enough to support tropical plants.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

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What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

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Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

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Fossil distribution, geological similarities, and paleoclimatic evidence.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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What is the significance of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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It is a divergent boundary where new oceanic crust is formed.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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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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