Tectonic Plate Interactions and Effects

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What was the supercontinent called when all seven continents were together?

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Pangea

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Who discovered the concept of Pangea?

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Alfred Wegener

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Which layer of the Earth contains magma?

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Asthenosphere

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Which rock layer in a geological diagram is typically the oldest?

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Layer A

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What geologic feature forms when tectonic plates collide?

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Mountains

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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What is the theory of plate tectonics?

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A scientific theory explaining the movement of the Earth's plates and the associated geological phenomena.

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What happens at a divergent plate boundary?

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Tectonic plates move apart, leading to the formation of new crust.

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What is a convergent plate boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates collide, often forming mountains or causing subduction.

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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.