Plate Tectonics

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What does the theory of Continental Drift explain?

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Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today.

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What are tectonic plates made of?

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Continental and oceanic lithosphere.

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How do the plates move along a divergent boundary?

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They move away from one another.

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Where does seafloor spreading take place?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What type of boundary creates mountains?

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Continental-Continental Convergent.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide or move towards each other.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past one another.

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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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What is the asthenosphere?

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The semi-fluid layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.

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