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Plate Tectonics
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In 1910 a German scientist name ________ had a theory that the continents were once together in a giant landmass.
Alfred Wegener
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What process adds new crust to the ocean floor?
Sea floor spreading
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What did Alfred Wegener think happened?
The continents were once together and have moved apart.
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At what type of boundary to plates slip past each other?
Transform Boundary
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Where does sea floor spreading occur?
Mid Ocean Ridge
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What did Alfred Wegener call his theory?
Continental Drift
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Name one thing that forms at a convergent boundary.
Mountain, Volcano or Deep Ocean Trench
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What happens at a transform boundary? (What is the disturbance called?)
Earthquake
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What did Alfred Wegener call the giant landmass?
Pangaea
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Name one thing that forms at a divergent boundary.
Mid Ocean Ridge
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At what type of boundary do plates move towards each other?
Convergent Boundary
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What is the lithosphere broken into?
Plates
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Where does sea floor spreading occur?
Mid Ocean Ridge
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At what type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?
Divergent Boundary
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What is a long chain of mountains found underwater?
Mid Ocean Ridge
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