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12 Cards in this Set
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Name three things generated by continental movement.
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Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains
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In your own words, describe the theory of plate tectonics.
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The sceintific theory that defines the movement of tectonic plates.
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Draw and label the four layers of the earth
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Crust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mantle ---------- Outer Core ----- Inner Core \/ |
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Name the two types of the Earth's crust
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Oceanic Crust, Continental Crust
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What is Pangea?
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The supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago
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Explain the three pieces of evidence that were collected to help prove the theory of Continental Drift.
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fossil evidence, rock evidence, continents fit like a puzzle
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Name the 3 types of plate boundaries
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convergent, divergent, transform
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What type of land form is created according to this type of collision:
Continental plate collides with Continental plate |
Mountain
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What type of land form is created according to this type of collision:
Oceanic plate collides with Continental plate |
Volcano
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What type of land form is created according to this type of collision:
Oceanic plate collides with Oceanic plate |
Volcano/trench
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Name three types of earthquakes
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Shallow focus, Deep focus, Medium focus
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What is the driving force of plate movement?
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the uneven heating inside of the Earth
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