plate tectonics

the idea that continents move around on Earth's surface.

• plate tectonics
• earthquake
• continental drift
• volcanic eruption

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an ancient super made of the landmasses we know as our present day continents

• Atlantis
• Laurasia
• Pangaea
• Gondwana

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A theory explaining how the tectonic plates (or lithosphere plates) on earth's surface move

• Volcanic Eruptions
• Plate Tectonics
• Earthquakes
• Continental Drift

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A long chain of undersea mountains

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mid ocean ridge

oceanic plates

sea floor spreading

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a hypothesis that new molten material is erupting from mid ocean ridge.

• mid ocean ridge

• sea floor spreading

• Partially true
• Unknown

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a hypothesis that new molten material is erupting from mid ocean ridge.

the plates where these plates meet are called plate bboundaries

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the plates where these plates meet are called plate boundaries

• plate boundaries
• lithosphere

• boundary lines
• tectonic boundaries

oceanic plates and another plate crashing

• when an oceanic plate collides with other plate either continental or oceanic, subduction of the denser plate occurs

• when an oceanic plate collides with another plate, they form a mountain range

• when an oceanic plate collides with another plate, they form a fault and results in an earthquake

• when an oceanic plate collides with another plate, a mid-ocean ridge forms and seafloor spreading happens.

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answer the 4 questions down below

• boundaries where tectonic plates collide or come together

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• tectonic plates that make up the ocean floor

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• the process of one tectonic plate sliding beneath another

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• pieces of lithosphere, continent

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• boundaries where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally

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Match the following

continental plates -

subductions -

Divergent boundary -

convergent boundary -

transform fault boundary -

• thick lithosphere plates that are made of andesite and granite and form contients

• A process that involves a lithosphere plate sinking into the mantle.

• A lithosphere plate boundary where 2 plates move apart

• A lithosphere plate boundary where 2 plates come together

• A lithosphere plate boundary where 2 plates slide by each other

A valley in the ocean created when one lithosphere plate subducts under another

• Canyon
• Ridge
• Mountain
• Deep-ocean Trench

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