Takehome Ch. 13 Science

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What was Pangaea?

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What is an example of how fast plates move?

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What rises through cracks in the crust to create new seafloor?

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How old is Pangaea?

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What is meant by the theory of plate tectonics?

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If I believe in the theory of continental drift, what do I believe?

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Where do plates fit together?

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What are the crust's plates on top of?

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What are mid-ocean ridges?

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What is one reason (evidence) we believe the continents used to be all in one super-continent?

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What was Gondwana?

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Are only oceans plates?

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When a continental and an oceanic plate collide, which plate subducts?

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What is formed on the continent near such a collision?

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What is seafloor spreading?

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What is a divergent plate boundary?

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What is formed at an underwater divergent boundary?

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What are the 3 ways plates move relative to each other?

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What are convection currents?

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What causes plate movement?

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The edge of a plate is called what?

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What is a convergent plate boundary?

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What can form at an underwater convergent boundary?

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What forms at a continent-continent convergent boundary?

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What is subduction?

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What is a transform plate boundary?

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What is a common effect at transform boundaries?

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What might the topography be like at a transform boundary?

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What are the bubbles (circles) of movement inside Earth's mantle called?

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What was Pangaea?

What is an example of how fast plates move?

What rises through cracks in the crust to create new seafloor?

How old is Pangaea?

What is meant by the theory of plate tectonics?

If I believe in the theory of continental drift, what do I believe?

Where do plates fit together?

What are the crust's plates on top of?

What are mid-ocean ridges?

What is one reason (evidence) we believe the continents used to be all in one super-continent?

What was Gondwana?

Are only oceans plates?

When a continental and an oceanic plate collide, which plate subducts?

What is formed on the continent near such a collision?

What is seafloor spreading?

What is a divergent plate boundary?

What is formed at an underwater divergent boundary?

What are the 3 ways plates move relative to each other?

What are convection currents?

What causes plate movement?

The edge of a plate is called what?

What is a convergent plate boundary?

What can form at an underwater convergent boundary?

What forms at a continent-continent convergent boundary?

What is subduction?

What is a transform plate boundary?

What is a common effect at transform boundaries?

What might the topography be like at a transform boundary?

What are the bubbles (circles) of movement inside Earth's mantle called?

If similar fossils are found on different continents, now separated by oceans, what can we deduce about those continents?