
Plate tectonics
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Draw
Draw a picture of what Pangea looks like
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Pangea
a supercontinent of all
landmasses on Earth.
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Continental Drift
the gradual
movement of the
continents over
time
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Multiple Choice
Who created the theory of Continental Drift?
Lil Baby
Alfred Wegener
Tony Stark
Drake
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Plate Tectonics
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Major Types of Boundaries
1. Transform Boundary
2. Divergent Boundary
3. Convergent Boundary
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Transform Boundary
● Earthquakes
● Faults
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Multiple Choice
Mid-Ocean Ridges are created from what boundaries?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
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Divergent Boundary
● Volcanos
● Rift Valleys
● Trenches
● Mid-ocean
ridge (ocean)
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Multiple Choice
Convergent plate boundaries create what?
Valleys
Faults
Mountains
Trenches
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Convergent Boundary
● Mountains
● Volcanos
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Subduction Zones
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Multiple Choice
The photograph shows mountains in the Andes range in South America.
Which statement describes the geologic process that that is most likely responsible for the formation of these mountains?
They are along a transform plate boundary that is no longer active, so erosion is creating deep valleys
They are along a transform plate boundary in which plates are currently moving side by side, causing earthquakes and faults
They are along a plate boundary in which plates are currently converging, causing uplift and steep slopes
They are along a plate boundary in which plates diverged in the distant past, allowing new rock to build up.
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Oceanic-Oceanic
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Oceanic-Continental
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Continental-Continental
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Multiple Choice
A mid-ocean ridge separates the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate off the western coast of South America.
Which statement best describes the motions of the Pacific and Nazca plates?
The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the east
The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the west
The Pacific plate is moving to the west, and the Nazca plate is moving to the east
The Pacific plate is moving to the east, and the Nazca plate is moving to the west
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