Plate Tectonics
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is subduction?
Back
The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What evidence did Wegener use to conclude that continents move?
Back
Evidence from land features, fossils, and climate.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Where does subduction occur?
Back
At deep-ocean trenches.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What process adds more crust to the ocean floor?
Back
Sea-floor spreading.
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a mid-ocean ridge?
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An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What are deep-ocean trenches?
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Narrow, deep depressions in the ocean floor where subduction occurs.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Back
The theory that the Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
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