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What is " All Earth"?

Pangaea

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Plate in Africa
African Plate
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a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.
Plate Tectonics
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Everywhere
Where are plate tectonics located?
100

What can plate tectonics cause?

Earthquakes, volcanos

200

Two types of crust

Continental crust

Oceanic crust

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Plate in the Pacific

Pacific Plate

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The lithosphere is broken up into
Tectonic Plates
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Thickest layer of the Earth

Mantle

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How many tectonic plate boundaries are there in Australia?

0

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3 types of plate boundaries

convergent, divergent, transform

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Plate in Antarctica

Antarctic Plate

300

The tectonic plates make sure all rocks return to what part of the rock cycle?

Igneous

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Do Plate tectonics have boundaries?


Yes

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What can volcanos and earthquakes cause?

tsunamis

400

Evidence of Continental Drift theory

Fossil Evidence 

Climate change evidence 

puzzle piece continents

Rock formations are the same

400

Plate in Europe

Eurasian Plate

400

Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has a higher strength and less density than the underlying...

asthenosphere

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T/F plate tectonics move metres per year

False

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The area where one crust goes under another and causes melting

Subduction zone

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What continent best fits into what other continent?

South America and Africa

500

Plate in America

North American Plate

500

Plate Tectonic Movements are generated by the movement of what?

Convection currents in the mantle


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What causes Plate tectonics to move?

Magma flowing beneath the Earth

Convection current in the mantle

500

If Australia is moving about 2cm/ year and was drifted from the ridge by 1000km, how long ago was it when Australia was near the ridge?


50 million