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Plate Tectonics Review

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What was the name of the original supercontinent?Pangaea
Who developed the Theory of Continental Drift?Wegener
What is the name of the upper part of the mantle?asthenosphere
Plate boundaries that move apart.Divergent
Plate boundaries that move togetherConvergent
Plate boundaries that slide past each otherTransform Fault
What is the process called where one plate is pushed under another?subduction
What are animal or plant imprints left in rock called?fossils
How long ago did the supercontinent start breaking up?200 million years
Which plate do we live on?North American
What large plate is made up of mainly ocean crust?Pacific
Which type of crust is more dense: ocean or continental?Ocean
What forms when ocean crust collides with ocean crust?Island Chain
What forms when ocean crust collides with continental crust?Coastal Volanoes or Mountains
What forms when continental crust collides with continental crust?Mountain Ranges
What is the name of the plate boundary that is in the Atlantic Ocean?Mid-Atlantic Ridge
What type of plate boundary formed the San Andreas Fault in California?Transform Fault
What type of plate boundary formed the Himalayan mountains?Convergent
What type of plate boundary formed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?Divergent
Why didn't people believe the Theory of Continental Drift?It couldn't be proven how it was happening.

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