What is the Theory of Continental Drift?
Plate Tectonics - Continental Drift

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1.
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All the continents were once one continent that broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of millions of years.
2.
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What type of plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates push together?
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Convergent boundary.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
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Mountains.
4.
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Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
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Alfred Wegener.
5.
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What happens at a divergent boundary?
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Two tectonic plates separate and move apart from one another.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a tectonic plate?
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A massive slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.
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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.
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