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Plate Tectonics
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- Q1The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.Plate Tectonics30s
- Q2The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locationsContinental Drift30s
- Q3Proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900sAlfred Wegener30s
- Q4Came up with seafloor spreadingHarry Hess30s
- Q5An underwater moutain chain where new ocean floor is formedMid-Ocean Ridge30s
- Q6One plate going under another platesubduction30s
- Q7The preserved remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth.fossils30s
- Q8The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floorSea Floor Spreading30s
- Q9Deep valley in the ocean floor that forms along a subduction zoneOcean Trench30s
- Q10Circular currents in the mantle caused by the magma being heated by the core off the Earth.Convection Currents30s
- Q11Boundary between tectonic plates in which the two plates move away from each other, and new crust is created between themDivergent Plate Boundaries30s
- Q12A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.Convergent Plate Boundaries30s
- Q13A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directionsTransform Boundary30s
- Q14A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 300 million years ago.Pangea30s
- Q15Continents fit together like puzzle piecesContinent Shape Evidence30s