Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Review

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What is the name of the large single landmass proposed by Alfred Wegener in his theory of continental drift?

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Pangaea

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Which mountain range in the United States is made of the same type of rock as the ranges in Ireland, Greenland, Norway, and Great Britain?

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Appalachian Mountains

Front

Who is credited with introducing the theory of plate tectonics in 1953?

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Samuel Carey

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What does plate tectonics explain regarding the movements of continents?

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The large-scale movements of the seven continents and smaller plates of the Earth's lithosphere.

Front

What geological feature is formed when continents collide according to the continental drift theory?

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Mountains

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What is the outermost layer of the Earth that includes the continents and ocean floors?

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Lithosphere

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What is the layer of the Earth beneath the lithosphere that allows for tectonic plate movement?

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Asthenosphere

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What is the theory that describes the movement of the Earth's plates and the interactions at their boundaries?

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Plate Tectonics

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What are the two types of tectonic plates?

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Continental plates and oceanic plates.

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What happens at a convergent plate boundary?

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Plates move towards each other, often causing mountains or subduction.