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Theory of Plate Tectonics
Pangaea
Landforms/Events
Plate Tectonics
Boundaries
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How do fossils present evidence for continental drift?
What is similar species are found in fossils in different continents
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What was Pangaea?
a giant supercontinent made up of the current continent 200 million years ago
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What is the ring of fire
A zone of frequent earthquakes and volcano eruptions
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What is a plate in geographical terms?
A large, rigid slab of solid rock
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Where do convergent boundaries occur?
between oceanic and continental boundaries, oceanic and oceanic boundaries, and continental and continental boundaries
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Who First proposed the theory of continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
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Mesosaurus

What is a fresh water reptile thought to have swam from South Amrica to Africa. 

It didn't, why?

200

What types of boundary results in the formation of mountains?

Convergent

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How to the plates move?
Through the mantels convection currents
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Where do divergent boundaries exist?
where plates are spreading apart and new crust is formed
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What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.
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How did Pangaea turn into the continents that we have today
Continental Drift
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A rift (such as the great African Rift Valley) is where two plates...

Pull apart...diverge. 

300
What layer do the convection currents move in?
The mantel
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What are the four types of plate boundaries?
Divergent, convergent, Transform, and plate boundaries zone
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How is Pangea evidence for continental drift?
Continents fit together like puzzle pieces
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Where did Africa and North America Connect in Pangaea?
On the southwest coast of Africa
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The ring of fire results in what?
earthquakes and volcano eruptions
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The convection currents in the mantel also move what?
The tectonic plates
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What type of boundary exists at the mid atlantic ridge?
Divergent boundary
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How does distinctive rock strata support continental drift theory?
Geological structures of the rocks on different continents are identical to each other.
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When did Pangaea exist?

What is 200 - 225 million years ago

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How does the ring of fire relate to Plate tectonics?
The ring of fire is located at the boundaries of plates
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What is the name of the theory that led to the development of the theory of plate tectonics?
The theory of continental drift
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Where is the mid-atlantic ridge located?
the center of the atlantic ocean from north to south
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"Utter rot", a "fairy tale" and "delerious ravings."

What are comments used to describe Alfred Wegener's book on CD.

600

Tropical weather & plants.

What is evidence to prove parts of Pangea were near the equator, but now are thousands of miles awat.

600

San Andreas Fault.

What is the longest fault in the United States. Located mostly in California.

600

Convergent Boundary

What is a boundary where two plates come together.

600

Subduction

What happens when two plates collide and one goes beneath the other.