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Plate Tectonics Review

Plate Tectonics Review

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Science

9th - 12th Grade

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Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the feature formed at a continent-continent convergent boundary?

Back

Mountain ranges

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the name of the supercontinent which Wegener believed existed about 300 million years ago?

Back

Pangaea

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did most scientists dismiss Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?

Back

Wegener could not identify a force that could move the continents.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the study of the underwater depth of lake or ocean floor called?

Back

Bathymetry

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What does the theory of continental drift state?

Back

The continents were all joined together and slowly drifted apart.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are tectonic plates?

Back

Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

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

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