PLATE TECTONICS

Front

Name the boundary where forms where two plates separate.

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divergent boundary

Front

What type of boundary forms where two plates slide past each other?

Back

transform

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Back

Crust

Front

Hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass then broke apart:

Back

continental drift

Front

The San Andreas Fault formed at which type of boundary?

Back

Transform boundary

Front

Continents were once joined together in a single large landmass called what?

Back

Pangaea

Front

Heated magma moves upwards, cools, and then sinks. This is called a...

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Convection Current

Front

What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

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Convection currents in the mantle

Front

What kind of plate boundary forms where two plates separate?

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divergent

Front

What are the two types of crust?

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continental and oceanic