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Tectonic Plates and Their Movements

Tectonic Plates and Their Movements

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English

4th Grade

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Mrs Randich

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Tectonic Plates

Back

Large pieces of the Lithosphere that move on top of the Asthenosphere.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Asthenosphere

Back

The upper layer of Earth's mantle below the Lithosphere.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Pangaea

Back

The single huge supercontinent that existed millions of years ago when all of Earth's continents were joined together.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Divergent Plate Boundaries

Back

Where two plates divide. Example: Mid Atlantic Ridge.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Convergent Plate Boundaries

Back

Where two plates collide. Example: Himalayas.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Seafloor Spreading

Back

The process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridge.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Types of convergent plate boundaries

Back

Collision and subduction

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