the continents were once joined together in a single landmass, fossils matched on continents that fit together, and climates were similar.

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the continents were once joined together in a single landmass, fossils matched on continents that fit together, and climates were similar.

the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

fossil

sonar

mid-ocean ridges

cool

Convections in the mantle

Plate tectonics

Transform boundary

Mountain range

Continental Drift

Sea-floor spreading

Deep ocean trench

plates

Rift valley

shrink

younger

Continental Drift

longest

Transform

There is no way to determine when stress along a fault will be released.

Divergent

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