Continental Drift Theory

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What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?

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Pangea

Front

What is the force that moves the continents?

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Convection Currents in the Mantle

Front

What are the three types of evidence that support Alfred Wegener's Theory?

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Fossils, Land forms, and Glacier Deposits

Front

What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

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Fossils found along coastal regions of modern continents that are unique & found nowhere else

Front

The movement of tectonic plates is caused by what?

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Movement in the mantle

Front

What is the theory that explains the movement of continents over geological time?

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Continental Drift Theory

Front

Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

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Alfred Wegener

Front

What geological feature is formed at divergent plate boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges

Front

What is the term for the process where one tectonic plate moves under another?

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Subduction

Front

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

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Transform boundary