Plate Tectonics CP Review Game

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What are the three main layers of the Earth?

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The three main layers of the Earth are the mantle, crust, and core.

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Why do scientists find the same type of reptile in South America and western Africa?

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The continents of South America and Africa were once joined.

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What object best represents the movement that occurs during sea-floor spreading?

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A conveyor belt.

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What geologic feature is most likely to form at a divergent boundary?

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A mid-ocean ridge or rift valley.

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What evidence supports the idea of continental drift?

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The presence of the same fossils and rocks on several continents.

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What is the theory of plate tectonics?

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The theory that the Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact at their boundaries.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, often forming mountains or trenches.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.

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What is subduction?

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The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.