Plate Tectonics

Front

What is a Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other called?

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Convergent Boundary

Front

What was the name of the supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago?

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Pangea

Front

What geological features can Divergent Plate movement create?

Back

Rifts and ocean ridges

Front

What geological features can Convergent Plate movement create?

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Mountains

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

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Crust

Front

What is the term for the process where one tectonic plate moves under another?

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Subduction

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform Boundary

Front

What is the layer of the Earth located between the crust and the core?

Back

Mantle

Front

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

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Plate Tectonics

Front

What is the name of the boundary where plates are moving apart?

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Divergent Boundary