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13 Cards in this Set
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The two plates are growing, due to being surrounded by divergent boundaries |
The African and Antarctic Plates |
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This plate is growing smaller due yo being surrounded by convergent boundaries |
What is the Pacific Plate |
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This happens when cold, dense oceanic crust sinks because it is denser than the asthenosphere |
What is slab pull? |
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This happens when gravity causes lithospheric slabs to slide down the ridge |
What is a ridge push? |
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What drives plate motion? |
What is mantle convective flow? |
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A small aquatic freshwater reptile |
mesosaurus |
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The mesosaurus was located in these places |
Eastern South America and Southwestern Africa |
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A Fossil Seed Fern |
Glosspoteris |
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the Glosspoteris was located in these places |
Africa, Australia, India, Antartica, and South America |
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What margin is a divergent plate boundary |
constructive |
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what margin is a convergent plate boundary |
destructive |
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what margin is a transform plate boundary |
conservative |
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a name for a cylindrical shaped upwelling of hot rock |
mantle plume |
