Plate Tectonics Review

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What is the movement of two plates at a mid-ocean ridge?

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Away from each other

Front

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

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Pangaea

Front

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

Back

Tectonic plates

Front

What is the theory that the Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into pieces called?

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Plate Tectonics

Front

Which ocean is spreading due to plate tectonic movement?

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Atlantic Ocean

Front

What is the process called when tectonic plates move towards each other?

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Convergent boundary

Front

What is the result of two tectonic plates sliding past each other?

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Transform boundary

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

Back

Mid-ocean ridge

Front

What is the term for the movement of the Earth's plates?

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Plate tectonics

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What is the name of the boundary where plates move apart?

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Divergent boundary