Cat 3 (HR/Componts/Plate Boundaries)

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What is the Continental Drift Theory?

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The idea that Earth's continents moved apart from a single large continent called Pangaea.

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What kind of star is the sun according to the HR Diagram?

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Main Sequence.

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What is the name of the single large continent, from which the other continents were formed?

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Pangaea.

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What type of crustal features form at a transform boundary?

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Faults.

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What begins the formation of stars?

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Star formation begins in a nebula.

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What is a transform boundary?

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

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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What is the difference between oceanic and continental crust?

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Oceanic crust is thinner and denser than continental crust.

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What geological features are formed at convergent boundaries?

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Mountains, trenches, and volcanic arcs.

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What is the significance of Pangaea in geology?

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Pangaea was a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, illustrating the concept of continental drift.