Review Chapter 1
The Earth: A Dynamic Planet
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Draw two diagrams showing the folding and fault-block mountain building process.
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In your own words explain how convection currents in the mantle move the plates of the Earth.
Use the following terms to answer the questions 3-14 below.
Collision plate boundary |
Transverse plate boundary |
Separation plate boundary |
Continental Drift Theory |
Pangea |
Plates |
Magma |
Trenches |
Lava |
Fault |
Laurasia |
Gondwanaland |
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The southern continent after Pangea split apart. It became the continents of Africa, Antarctica, South America and the subcontinent of India.
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The plate boundary where two plates are moving apart creating new crust and making the oceans spread.
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This is molten rock on the surface of the Earth.
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This is the name of the supercontinent 250 million years ago.
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These are pieces of the crust that "float" and move because of the mantle's convection currents.