Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift

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What physical feature forms as continental to continental plates converge?

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Mountain ranges.

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What are the layers of the earth in order from inside to outside?

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Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust.

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What drives plate tectonics?

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Convection currents in the mantle.

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What forms as transform plate boundaries slide past each other, like at the San Andreas Fault?

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Earthquakes.

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What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?

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Convergent, divergent, transform.

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What is the theory of continental drift?

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The idea that continents have moved over geological time.

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The crust (lithosphere) of the Earth is divided into?

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Tectonic plates.

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Earth’s plate can be made of…

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Continental crust, oceanic crust.

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Subduction occurs at?

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Convergent boundaries.

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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of what type of boundary?

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Divergent boundary.