plate tectonics

plate tectonics

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6th Grade

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Shellie Koski

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The idea that continents move around on Earth's surface.

Back

continental drift

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

An ancient supercontinent made of the landmasses we know as our present-day continents.

Back

Pangaea

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A theory explaining how the tectonic plates (or lithosphere plates) on earth's surface move

Back

Plate Tectonics

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A hypothesis that new molten material is erupting from mid ocean ridge.

Back

sea floor spreading

Answer explanation

a hypothesis that new molten material is erupting from mid ocean ridge.

the plates where these plates meet are called plate bboundaries

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The plates where these plates meet are called plate boundaries.

Back

lithosphere

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

oceanic plates

Back

when an oceanic plate collides with another plate, either continental or oceanic, subduction of the denser plate occurs

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A valley in the ocean created when one lithosphere plate subducts under another

Back

Deep-ocean Trench

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