Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics review 1

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Who developed the Continental Drift Theory?

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Alfred Wegener

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What is the term for the deflection of surface winds and ocean currents to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere?

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Coriolis Effect

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Where is new crust always formed?

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Mid-ocean ridge

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What is the Earth's rate of rotation?

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1 degree per day

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What type of plate boundary involves plates moving towards each other?

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Convergent boundary

Front

What is the process called when tectonic plates move apart?

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Divergent boundary

Front

What is the layer of the Earth that is semi-fluid and allows tectonic plates to move?

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Asthenosphere

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary

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What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountains or deep ocean trenches

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

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Plate Tectonics