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plate tectonics

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What term is used to describe the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle?

Lithosphere

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Describe Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift.

The Earth's crust is separated into sections called plates. The plates are slowly drifting across the Earth's surface.

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Which term is used to describe the upper portion of the mantle where convection currents occur?

Asthenosphere

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Which term is used to describe the continuous heating and cooling of magma within the mantle?

convection currents

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Oceanic crust is primarily made up of what type of rock?

Basalt

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What 3 major forms of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of Continental Drift?

Landforms, Climate, Fossils

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Continental crust is primarily made up of what type of rock?

Granite

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What name did Alfred Wegener give the "supercontinent" ?

Pangea

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What term describes where one plate comes in contact with another?

Plate boundary

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What type of plate boundary is shown in the diagram below?

Convergent

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What type of plate boundary is shown in the diagram below?

Divergent

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What type of plate boundary is shown in the diagram below?

Transform

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The Himalayan Mountain range was formed by which type of plate boundary?

Convergent

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What process in Earth's mante do scientists believe is driving the movement of the plates?

convection currents

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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge formed along which type of plate boundary?

Divergent (oceanic to oceanic)

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What process occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate because it is more dense?

subduction

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