Plate Tectonics - BrainPop

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What is formed SUPER DEEP under water between 2 converging plates?

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Trench

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What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?

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Convection currents

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What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

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Fossil discoveries

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Which of the following best describes the location of the mantle?

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Between the crust and the core

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What geologic formation will form underwater when 2 OCEANIC PLATES converge?

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Trench

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What are tectonic plates?

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

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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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What is the lithosphere?

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

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What is a subduction zone?

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An area where one tectonic plate is being forced under another.

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What is a fault line?

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A fracture in the Earth's crust where blocks of land have moved past each other.