What is the primary cause of the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?
Plate Tectonics - Continental Drift

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Convection in the mantle.
2.
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What type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates move away from each other?
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Divergent boundary.
3.
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What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary between two continental plates?
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Mountains.
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What evidence do glacier scars in Africa provide about its past climate?
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Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate.
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What was the name of the supercontinent that existed around 250 million years ago?
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Pangea.
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What is continental drift?
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The theory that continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together.
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What is a transform boundary?
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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.
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