Plate Tectonics

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What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

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Pangea

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A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is

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a volcano

Front

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

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Tectonic plates

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This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.

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Mantle convection currents

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

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Move away from each other

Front

What is the Earth's outer layer called?

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The crust

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What is the layer of the Earth beneath the crust?

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The mantle

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What do we call the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary

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What natural disaster is caused by the movement of tectonic plates?

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Earthquake

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What is the term for the process of one tectonic plate moving under another?

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Subduction