Plate tectonics

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Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

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Alfred Wegener

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Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

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Pangea

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What was Wegener's hypothesis called? Options: The Theory of Pangea, The Theory of Moving Continents, The Theory of Continental Drift, The Theory of Techtonic Plates

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The Theory of Continental Drift

Front

What type of fossils were noticed by Wegener to be found on two different continents?

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Plants and animals

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True or False: The continental plates move so quickly that we can feel them.

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False

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Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

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convection currents.

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When plates collide we get ________.

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mountain ranges

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Associated with transform boundaries: Volcanoes, mountains, trenches, earthquakes

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earthquakes

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A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.

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Convergent

Front

Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move?

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Mantle