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What is causing the plates to move.
Convection Currents
WHAT IS THE THEORY CALLED THAT STATES THAT THE CONTINENTS USED TO BE ONE GIANT SUPER CONTINENT?
THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
WHAT IS THE THEORY CALLED THAT STATES THAT WE HAVE UNDERWATER VOLCANO CHAINS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR?
THE THEORY OF SEA FLOOR SPREADING
WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY NAME THAT PULLS PLATES APART?
DIVERGENT
WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY THAT HAS PLATES SLIDING PAST EACH OTHER?
TRANSFORM
WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES SLIDE INTO EACH OTHER?
CONVERGENT
WHAT IS CREATED FROM SEA FLOOR SPREADING?
MID OCEAN RIDGES
WHAT ARE THE TWO PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT THE OCEAN FLOOR IS PULLING APART?
1. AGE OF ROCKS
2. MAGNETIC REVERSALS
WHAT IS CREATED WHEN TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES CRASH INTO EACH OTHER?
MOUNTAINS
WHAT IS IT CALLED IN A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE OCEANIC CRUST IS PUSHED INTO THE ASTHENOSPHERE?
SUBDUCTION ZONE
WHAT IS CREATED WHEN THE SUBDUCTION ZONE MELTS?
VOLCANO
WHAT KIND OF PLATE BOUNDARY IS AROUND THE RING OF FIRE CAUSING 50% OF THE WORLD'S VOLCANOS?
CONVERGENT
WHAT CREATED THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS?
HOT SPOT
WHAT TWO THINGS MAKE UP THE PLATES?
1. CRUST
2. LITHOSPHERE
WHAT IS CREATED WHEN ONE OCEANIC PLATES CRASH INTO ANOTHER PLATE? YOU WILL FIND THIS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.
TRENCH
CONVECTION CELLS RISE BECAUSE THE MATERIAL IS ______________ DENSE.
LESS
