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MVMS Plate Tectonics
Question | Answer |
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Pangaea | "All Earth" super continent. Existed 250 million years ago. |
Plate Tectonics | Theory that the Earth's crust is broken into parts. |
Plate | Rigid block of Earth's crust. |
Continental drift | Continents plowing through the seafloor to their present day position. |
Convergent Boundary | Two tectonic plates that push directly into one another. (form mountains) |
Divergent Boundary | The boundary between two tectonic plates that move away from each other. (form valleys) |
Transform Boundary | The boundary between two tectonic plates that slide past each other. (earthquakes) |