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What process occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate because it is more dense?
subduction
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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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Which term is used to describe the upper portion of the mantle where convection currents occur?
Asthenosphere
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Continental crust is primarily made up of what type of rock?
Granite
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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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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge formed along which type of plate boundary?
Divergent (oceanic to oceanic)
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What type of plate boundary is shown in the diagram below?
Transform
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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 3 major forms of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of Continental Drift?
Landforms, Climate, Fossils
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What term describes where one plate comes in contact with another?
Plate boundary
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The Himalayan Mountain range was formed by which type of plate boundary?
Convergent
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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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What name did Alfred Wegener give the "supercontinent" ?
Pangea
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Oceanic crust is primarily made up of what type of rock?
Basalt
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What term is used to describe the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle?
Lithosphere
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