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Plate Tectonics
Plate Techtonics with Mrs Fernandes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Continental Drift | To move or drift from one location or another over time |
| Theory of Plate Tectonics | Formation, interaction and movements of boundaries |
| Mesosaurus | Dinosaur fossil found on two continents |
| Subduction Boundary | A boundary where an oceanic plate is plunging beneath another, overriding plate |
| Convergent Boundary | A boundary between two plates that are moving toward each other or converging |
| Transfrom Boundary | A boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other |
| Collision Boundary | A convergent boundary where two continents have come together and are welded into a single, larger continent |
| Alfred Wegener | Scientist who proposed a hypothesis called Continental Drift |
| Rift Valley | A deep valley at a point where litospheric plates are moving apart |
| Rift | A crack or an opening in the Earth's crust |
| Deep Sea Trench | A long narrow, steep-sided trough that runs parallel to continental margins or volcanic island chains |
| Divergent Boundary | Boundary between two litospheric plates that are moving apart |
| Wegener's Hypotheses | Shape of continents, rock formation, climate change and fossil |