Earth's Systems Test Review

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What is the theory of continental drift?

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The hypothesis that continents move across the Earth's surface over geological time.

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What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

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Similar fossils found in different continents and marine fossils found on mountain tops.

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What process involves the movement of tectonic plates?

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Subduction.

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Why do so many volcanoes and earthquakes happen along plate boundaries?

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Because plates move and shift.

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What are tectonic plates?

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

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What is subduction?

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

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What is erosion?

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The process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by natural processes.

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What is a fossil?

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The preserved remains or traces of a once-living organism.

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What is the significance of similar rock formations on different continents?

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They provide evidence that continents were once joined together.

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What is a volcano?

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An opening in the Earth's crust where molten rock, ash, and gases can escape.