vocabulary unit 6

what does continental drift

• The movement of the Earth's continents over time.
• The shifting of tectonic plates
• The rotation of the Earth on its axis
• The movement of the Moon around the Earth

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what does pangaea mean

• A type of flower
• A famous explorer
• A type of dinosaur
• A supercontinent

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what does magnetic reversal mean

• The process of creating a magnetic field
• The process of reversing the Earth's rotation
• The process of changing the Earth's orbit
• The process in which the Earth's magnetic field changes polarity

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mid-ocean ridge

• Underwater volcano formed by erosion
• Underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics
• Underwater canyon formed by sedimentation
• Underwater desert formed by evaporation

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what does normal polarity mean

• The color of the sky
• The speed of light
• The temperature of the ocean
• Orientation of the Earth's magnetic field

what does reversed polarity mean

• Reversed polarity means the wires are connected in a straight line
• Reversed polarity means the positive and negative wires are connected in reverse.
• Reversed polarity means the wires are not connected properly
• Reversed polarity means the positive and negative wires are not connected

what does seafloor spreading mean

• The sinking of the oceanic crust into the mantle
• The formation of new continental crust
• Formation of new oceanic crust and its movement away from the mid-ocean ridge
• The movement of the oceanic crust towards the mid-ocean ridge

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convection

• Transfer of heat through the movement of fluids
• Transfer of heat through the movement of solids
• Transfer of heat through the movement of gases
• Transfer of heat through the movement of energy

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what does convergent plate boundary mean

• The separation of tectonic plates
• The formation of new oceanic crust
• The collision and subduction of tectonic plates
• The movement of a single tectonic plate

divergent plate boundary

• Two tectonic plates slide past each other
• Two tectonic plates move towards each other
• Two tectonic plates move away from each other
• Two tectonic plates remain stationary

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