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1.What is the solid layer of the earth made up of iron and nickel? The inner core
2.Mountain formation can result when what occurs? Two continental plates coliding
3.Approximately 225 million years ago,the earth's continents were grouped into one landmass called what? Pangea
4.Continental is blank than oceanic crust. Thicker
5.Rift valleys,seafloor spreading,and volcano formation are all likely to happen at a blank boundary. Divergent
6.Who is credited with proposing the ideas of plate tectonics? Alfred Wegener
7.What type of crust is found under the oceans? Oceanic crust
8.The tectontics plates flow on which semi liquid layer? Asthenosphere
9.The collision of two ocean plates lead to the creation of what? Island arcs
10.Blank is found under the continents. Continental crust
11.Blank is the earth's outermost layer. The crust
12.Pangea started to break up approximately blank million years ago. 200
13.A blank runs across Iceland. Divergent boundary
14.The San Andreas Fault is identified as a blank. Strike-slip fault
15.What is the first plate located east of the Australian plate? Pacific plate
16.What is the first plate located east of the South American plate? African plate
17.What is it called when plates collide and they then make mountains? Rift formation
18.What kind of plate boundary is found where the North American and the Caribbean plates meet? Transform boundary
19.Which layer of the earth is broken into several large tectonic plates? Lithosphere
20.Mid-ocean ridges are places where tectonic plates are doing what? Spreading apart
21.What is happening at the subduction zone of the Jaun de Fuca and North American plates? One plate is being pulled under another
22.What is the first plate west of the African plate? South American plate
23.When did the Himalayan Mountain Range form? 40 to 50 million years ago
24.What kind of plate boundary is found at the meeting point of the Phillippian and Pacific plates? Convergent
25.What is the border between plates called? Boundaries or faults
26.What geologic event can occur at a transform boundary? Earthquakes
27.Which layer is found directly above the earth's core? Mantle
28.What is the earth's only liquid layer? Outer core
29.The plate tectonics theroy states that the plates are in constant what? Motion
30.What is a plate sliding another called? Subduction
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