Plate Tectonics

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What was the name of the supercontinent that existed when all continents were together?

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Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What types of boundaries are volcanoes created along?

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Divergent and Convergent boundaries

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What evidence supports the idea that mountain ranges on different continents are the same age, type, and structure?

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Matching land formation evidence

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

Where do subduction zones occur?

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Oceanic-Continental boundaries

Front

Where does seafloor spreading take place?

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Mid-ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

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

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Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

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Divergent, Convergent, and Transform boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What geological feature is formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges

Front

What is created when two continental plates collide?

Back

Mountain ranges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

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Subduction

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1