Plate Tectonics Flashcard

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What process at the plate boundary is occurring here?

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Convergent - pushed under

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What is the theory of continental drift?

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That the continents were once connected and are slowly moving apart.

Front

Mountains form from ...

Back

collision of plates

Front

What is associated with transform boundaries?

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earthquakes

Front

Name the boundary

Back

divergent boundary

Front

Name the boundary

Back

transform boundary

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Name the boundary

Back

convergent boundary

Front

_______ are formed when two continental plates collide and push up.

Back

Mountain ranges

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The theory of continental drift was first proposed by __________.

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Alfred Wegener

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The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ________.

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transform boundary