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Pangea and Tectonic Boundaries Also spelled Pangaea!
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Pangea Alfred Wegener was the first to explain the break up of Pangea. Pangea in Greek means “All-Land”
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Proof that Pangea was broken apart: Continental Drift Theory Similar fossils on different continents Rocks of same age on different continents Evidence of a Mid-Ocean Ridge
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ConvergentDivergentTransform O – O Oceanic – Oceanic O – O Oceanic – Oceanic Slide Past Each Other C – O Continental – Oceanic C – C Continental – Continental C – C Continental – Continental
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O – O Oceanic – Oceanic (Convergent) One Oceanic plate is subducted under the other - volcanoes can form and become islands
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Convergent boundary of two oceanic plates. Creates an ________ and a _____. Example: _____ island arctrenchJapan
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C – O Continental – Oceanic (Convergent) Oceanic Crust is subducted under Continental crust volcanoes can form on continental side Example = Andes Mountains in South America
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Convergent boundary of an oceanic plate and a continental plate. Forms a _______ mountain range and a ______. Examples: _______ or _______ Mts volcanic trench Cascades Andes
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C – C Continental – Continental (Convergent) Collide, buckle, and thicken Creating mountains India into Asia = Himalayas
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Convergent boundary of two continental plates. Forms a ______ mountain range. Examples: ___________, Alps, ______________ folded Himalayas Appalachians
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O – O Oceanic –Oceanic (Divergent) Two plates move apart, magma seeps up, fills gap and hardens Example = Mid – Ocean Ridge
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Oceanic – Oceanic Divergent Boundary The force responsible for plate movement is __________.
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C – C Continental – Continental (Divergent) Two continental plates move apart. Magma fills in gaps and hardens. Creates a Rift Valley.
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Divergent boundary of two continental plates. Creates a __________. Example: _____________ rift valley East African Rift
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Transform Can be between C – C or O – O or C - O Tectonic plates slide past each other causing earthquakes Example = San Andreas Fault
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Transform-fault boundary where the North American and Pacific plates are moving ____ each other. Example: ________________ in California past San Andreas Fault
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