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Tectonic Plates
Pangea, boundaries, etc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the name of the supercontinent? | Pangea |
| What is the largest continent? | Asia |
| Which continent is located at the South Pole? | Antarctica |
| Which continent includes the United States? | North America |
| Which continent includes Brazil? | South America |
| On which continent is Italy? | Europe |
| On which continent is Egypt? | Africa |
| Which continent do people refer to as "down under?" | Australia |
| How many continents are there? | Seven |
| What is underneath each continent? | a tectonic plate |
| What is a convergent boundary? | It is where two tectonic plates collide |
| Which kind of boundary makes mountains? | Convergent boundaries |
| When tectonic plates recede from each other, what kind of boundary is that? | Divergent boundary |
| When the plates slide past each other, what is that? | Transform fault |