PlateTectonics

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

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A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called

• America
• Super Earth
• Pangea
• Eurasia

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A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

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_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift. Molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Wind

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When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Convection Current
• Gravitational Pull

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This layer of the earth is divided into sections that move

• crust
• core
• mantle
• surface

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Middle section of the earth, always moving

• Crust
• Mantle
• Core
• Surface

Theory that explains how continents shift positions on Earth's surface

• Theory of evolution
• Theory of earth science
• Theory of Continental drift
• Theory of Divergence

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What moves the earth's crust, hot rises and cold sinks

• convenction currents 
• divergent
• transformation
• Alfred Wagner 

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