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In the diagram In the diagram

to the right, the to the right, the
arrow is pointing arrow is pointing
to which layer to which layer
of the Earth? of the Earth?
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In the diagram In the diagram

to the right, the to the right, the
arrow is pointing arrow is pointing
to which layer to which layer
of the Earth? of the Earth?
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What term is used to describe What term is used to

the crust and uppermost part describe the upper portion
of the mantle? of the mantle where
convection currents occur?
? Crust

Mantle

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What term is used Describe Alfred Wegener’s

to describe the Theory of Continental Drift.
continuous heating
and cooling of
magma within the
mantle?
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What 3 major forms of evidence Wegener believed that long
did Wegener use to support his ago all of the continents
theory of Continental Drift?
were once joined together
as one giant landmass.
What name did he give this
“supercontinent”?
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Continental crust is primarily Oceanic crust is primarily
made up of what type of made up of what type of
rock? rock?

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What term describes where one What type of plate boundary is
plate comes in contact with shown in the diagram below?
another?

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What type of plate boundary is What type of plate boundary is

shown in the diagram below? shown in the diagram below?

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What type of plate boundary is What type of plate boundary is

shown in the diagram below? shown in the diagram below?

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What type of plate boundary is The Himalayan Mountain range
shown in the diagram below? was formed by which type of
plate boundary?

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The San Andreas Fault in The Mid-Atlantic Ridge formed
California was formed along along which type of plate
which type of plate boundary? boundary? Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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What process in Earth’s mantle What event occurs when the
do scientists believe is driving tension built up along Earth’s
the movement of the plates? plates is released causing one
plate to slip past another?

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What type of boundary results in At which point in the diagram
the formation of new oceanic below would you expect to find
crust? the youngest oceanic crust?
Boundary Type Tectonic Force Geological Effects A B
Convergent Compression Mountains; subduction zones;
Boundaries volcanism

Divergent Tension Fault-block mountains; oceanic

Boundaries crust; rift valleys

Transform Sliding Earthquakes; strike-slip faults

Boundaries

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What process occurs when one What is a fault? List one
plate sinks beneath another plate example.
because it is more dense?

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Describe the process of Sea-Floor What is the arrow pointing to in
Spreading. the diagram below?

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Why did many scientists reject What landform is created when
Wegener’s Theory of Continental an oceanic plate and a

X
Drift? continental plate converge?

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