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Plate tectonics

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  • The heavier oceanic plate will sunk under the lighter continental plate, where it is melted and adds to the mantle. this is called what?
    Subduction
  • What was the name of the supercontinent?
    Pangaea
  • What can you find at a transform plate boundary?
    San Andreas fault
  • Plates being moved by convection currents to its current position is called?
    Continental drift
  • Name the 4 layers of the earth
    Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
  • What plate do we live on?
    Eurasian
  • Name the three types of plate boundaries
    Constructive, destructive, transform
  • Define plate tectonics
    Plate tectonics
  • How does plates move?
    Convection currents
  • Convection currents are _____ movements of magma in the ______ between the _____ and the _____
    circular, mantle, core, crust
  • The earth is thicker and thinner in places and is divided into two types:
    Continental and oceanic
  • Give an example of a mountain found at what plate boundaries?
    Himalayas, destructive
  • Who proposed continental drift?
    Alfred Wagner
  • Define a plate boundary
    Where two or more plates meet
  • What direction does constructive plate boundaries move in?
    Seperating