Plate Tectonics Modified

Plate Tectonics Modified

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Science

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

A place where two tectonic plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is Pangaea?

Back

The name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes the movement of Earth’s plates?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What does Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift state?

Back

The continents were once joined together in a single landmass.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is produced by a collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary?

Back

A mountain range.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the lithosphere?

Back

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

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