Plate Tectonics

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What was the name given to the super huge continent?

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Pangea

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Who proposed the idea of Continental Drift Theory?

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Alfred Wegener

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What are the two types of Earth's crust?

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Oceanic and continental

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What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

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Plate Tectonics

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What is the layer of the Earth on which tectonic plates float?

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Asthenosphere

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What evidence supports the theory of Continental Drift?

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Fossils, similar landforms, and rocks found on different continents.

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What happens at a convergent boundary?

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Two tectonic plates collide, which can cause mountains or earthquakes.

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What happens at a divergent boundary?

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Two tectonic plates move apart, creating new crust.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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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.