Continental Drift/Plate Tectonics
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- Q1The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents.Convergent boundariesDivergent boundariesPlate tectonicsContinental Drift Theory45s
- Q2The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.Plate tectonicsTransform boundaryConvergent boundaryDivergent boundary45s
- Q3The boundaries between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.Transform boundaryDivergent boundaryContinental drift theoryConvergent boundary45s
- Q4The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other.Plate tectonicsDivergent boundaryTransform boundaryConvergent boundary45s
- Q5Uplift of crustal plates that forms elevated landmasses.Mountains30s
- Q6A vent of fissure in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled.Volcano30s
- Q7A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.Earthquakes30s
- Q8The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere; made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move on top of it.Asthenosphere30s
- Q9The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.Lithosphere30s
- Q10The movement of matter due to difference in density that is caused by a temperature variations; can result in the transfer of energy.Convection Current30s
- Q11The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape.Plate Tectonics30s
- Q12At Which boundary and crusts are involved in the creating of this landform made?Convergent Boundary Continental vs. Oceanic CrustConvergent Boundary Continental vs Continental crustTransform Boundary Continental vs. ContinentalDivergent Boundary Oceanic vs. Oceanic30s
- Q13At Which boundary and crusts are involved in the creating of this landform made?Transform Boundary Oceanic vs. Oceanic CrustDivergent Boundary Oceanic vs Oceanic CrustConvergent Boundary Oceanic vs Continental CrustDivergent Continental vs. Continental crust30s
- Q14At Which boundary and crusts are involved in the creating of this landform made?Convergent continental vs continental crustDivergent Continental vs. Continental crustTransform continental vs continental crustDivergent continental vs. oceanic crust30s
- Q15At Which boundary and crusts are involved in the creating of this landform made?Convergent Boundary Continental vs. Continental crustDivergent Boundary Oceanic vs. Continental CrustConvergent Boundary Oceanic vs. Continental CrustTransform Boundary Continental vs. Continental crust30s
