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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

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Convergent, Divergent, Transform.

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What evidence supports the theory of Pangaea?

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The shapes of continents, like South America and Africa fitting together like a puzzle.

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What is the Earth's outer layer beneath the surface?

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Hard solid rock.

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What occurs when two tectonic plates move apart?

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Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rises up and hardens, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates.

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What causes the movement of Earth’s plates?

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Convection.

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Define a convergent boundary.

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A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other, often causing one plate to be forced below the other.

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Define a divergent boundary.

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A plate boundary where two plates move apart, creating new crust as magma rises to the surface.

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Define a transform boundary.

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A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.

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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 continental drift?

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The theory that continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together.

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