Plate Tectonics

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large slabs of rock that make up Earth's surface.

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What is Pangea?

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The supercontinent where all the continents were once connected.

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What type of boundary is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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Where is the oldest sea floor found?

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Far away from the mid-ocean ridge.

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What type of boundary creates a fault?

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Transform boundary.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other.

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What is the mid-ocean ridge?

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An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.