Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

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What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined to form a single supercontinent?

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Continental Drift

Front

What type of plate boundary creates the Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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Divergent Boundary

Front

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

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Pangaea

Front

Where are earthquakes and volcanoes most likely found?

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At plate boundaries

Front

What phenomenon is most likely produced by transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes

Front

What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

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Plate Tectonics

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

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Subduction

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two plates collide?

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Convergent Boundary

Front

What is the term for the movement of the ocean floor away from mid-ocean ridges?

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Seafloor Spreading

Front

What geological feature is formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-Ocean Ridges