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Plate Tectonics (Tabat)

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Where would you most likely find evidence of earthquakes throughout Earth's history?   along fault lines  
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What idea does NOT provide evidence for continental drift?   the oceanic plate theory  
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What did Wegener think the one large continent was called?   Pangaea  
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What is the discovery that supports the idea of fossils of the same age and from the same species found on two different continents?   continental drift theory  
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Where has evidence for sea-floor spreading come from?   magnetic minerals on the ocean floor  
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Where does sea-floor spreading take place?   mid-ocean ridges  
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What is a boundary?   the area where two tectonic plates meet  
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What is a convergent boundary?   a boundary that is formed when plates collide  
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What is a divergent boundary?   a boundary that is formed when plates separate  
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What is a transform boundary?   a boundary that is formed when plates slide past each other  
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What have magnetic reversals helped to support?   sea-floor spreading  
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What do plate tectonics support?   the vast majority of earthquakes and volcanic activity in the world occurs along plate boundaries  
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What will landmasses splitting apart most likely cause?   a greater diversity in animal populations  
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If elephants are native to Africa and Asia, what would best explain why elephants are not native to India?   India broke away from Africa 20 million years ago  
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What idea supports continental drift?   fossilized remains of the same plants and animals are found on different continents  
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What type of rock is most closely associated with volcanic activity, plate tectonics & sea-floor spreading?   igneous rock  
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Why was Wegener's Continental Drift Theory not widely accepted by scientists of his time?   He couldn't explain how the continents could move horizontally. He was also a meteorologist, not a geologist.  
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How are magnetic stripes on the ocean floor formed?   Magma wells up at mid-ocean ridges; magma cools; minerals in the igneous rock line up with the magnetic poles creating a striped symmetrical pattern  
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Why are magnetic stripes on the ocean floor significant?   it provides support for theory of sea floor spreading  
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