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What happens when two tectonic plates move apart?

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Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rises up and hardens, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates.

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What is found underneath continents?

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Hard solid rock.

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What does the discovery of a fossil on multiple continents support?

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The idea of a connected original continent.

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What occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other?

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One plate goes underneath the other plate into the soft rock below.

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Can fossils provide evidence for the Pangaea theory?

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True.

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What is the theory of plate tectonics?

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The theory that the Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What geological feature is formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges.