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Plate Tectonics

Layers of the Earth, plate tectonics, plate boundaries, hotspots, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, seafloor spreading, subduction

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The lithosphere is part of the

The layer that supports and moves the tectonic plates is

The process of one plate sliding under another plate at a convergent boundary is

The border between two tectonic plates

The boundary where two plates come together

The boundary where two plates pull apart

The boundary where two plates slide past each other

Volcanoes form at this boundary as plates pull apart

Mountains form at this boundary as plates push together

Earthquakes occur at this boundary

A stationary source of magma located away from a plate boundary

The 12,000 mile long chain of underwater mountains that formed at a divergent boundary is

The Hawaiian Islands are an example

This process makes new crust at the bottom of the ocean at a divergent boundary

Which of the following is not a TYPE of plate boundary?

Plates continually move a little bit each year

Plates move on the surface of the Earth because of

Hot magma and cool magma _.

The giant landmass where all continents were connected

Evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics includes

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