Tectonic Plates and Continental Drift

What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

• New continents are continually being created

  and destroyed.

• The layout of the continents is the same today

  as it has always been

• The continents have always been separate but

  may one day drift together to form a single

  continent

• All the continents were once one continent that

  broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

  millions of years

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What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

• New continents are continually being created

  and destroyed.

• The layout of the continents is the same today

  as it has always been

• The continents have always been separate but

  may one day drift together to form a single

  continent

• All the continents were once one continent that

  broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

  millions of years

What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

• New continents are continually being created

  and destroyed.

• The layout of the continents is the same today

  as it has always been

• The continents have always been separate but

  may one day drift together to form a single

  continent

• All the continents were once one continent that

  broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

  millions of years

What type of tectonic plate boundary involves a collision of plates?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• obstructive

What type of tectonic plate boundary involves a collision of plates?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• obstructive

What type of tectonic plate boundary involves a collision of plates?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• obstructive

Where do most volcanoes occur?

• convergent boundaries

• in deserts

• on coastal plains

• divergent boundaries

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Where do most volcanoes occur?

• convergent boundaries

• in deserts

• on coastal plains

• divergent boundaries

What is responsible for the volcanoes and mountain ranges?

• Weathering

• Super-nocturnal tides

• Hurricanes

• Plate Tectonics

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What is responsible for the volcanoes and mountain ranges?

• Weathering

• Super-nocturnal tides

• Hurricanes

• Plate Tectonics