Plate Tectonics Assessment

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Who developed the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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What is the mantle?

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The layer of Earth below the crust and made up of thick, molten rock.

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What type of boundary is represented by the movement of tectonic plates sliding past each other?

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Transform boundary.

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What is Pangea?

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A time when all the continents were connected making one supercontinent.

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Which organisms provide evidence that Africa was once connected to South America?

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Glossopteris, Cynognathus, and Mesosaurus.

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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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What is a divergent boundary?

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

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic boundary where two plates collide or move towards each other.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.

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What evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?

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Fossil distribution, geological formations, and the fit of continental coastlines.