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Plate Tectonics
Plate Boundary
Supercontinent
Sea Floor Spreading
Miscellaneous
100
form of crust under the ocean
What is oceanic crust
100
When one plate goes underneath the other
What is subduction
100
name of super continent that broke apart 200 million years ago
What is pangaea
100
process that occurs at mid ocean ridges when new oceanic crust is formed
What is sea floor spreading
100
The layer of Earth that plates exist
What is lithosphere
200
When plates abruptly
What is an earthquake
200
Type of boundary when 2 plates slide past each other
What is transform boundary
200
name of ocean that covered the rest of the earth while Pangaea was around
What is panthalassa
200
Plates that slide together
What is transform boundary
300
Number of tectonic plates on earth
What is 15 plates
300
The plate boundary when 2 plates collide and form mountains.
What is converging boundary
300
name of continent that will form in 250 million years
What is Pangaea ultima
300
area being pulled apart
What is rift
300
Who made the theory of plate tectonics
Who is Alfred Wagener
400
crust that has mostly metamorphic, sedimentary and graphic rock
What is continental crust
400
When 2 plates separate from each other
What is divergent boundary
400
southern part of pangea
What is gondwana
400
What boundary does sea floor spreading occur at
What is divergent boundary
400
Scientist who mapped the ocean floor with volcanoes
Who is Harry Hess
500
crusty layer of earth where plates are found
What is lithosphere
500
What geological event occurs at a subduction zone
What is a volcano
500
northern part of pangea
What is Laurasia
500
geological event that creates new sea floor
What is volcanoes
500
What moves tectonic plates
What is convection currents