1. Plate Tectonics

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3. What was the name of the Super Continent that existed millions of years ago?
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4. What are the 3 types of evidence used to support Continental Drift?
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5. Was continental drift a theory or a hypothesis?
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6. On which two continents was the Mesosaurus Fossil found?
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7. How was the Glossopteris fossil evidence of Pangaea?
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8. What is the name of the geologic feature down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
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9. What geological process creates the ridge in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
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10. What type of plate boundary occurs at the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
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11. DAILY DOUBLE
Is the youngest Earth closest or furthest from the ridge in the Atlantic?
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12. In the process of sea-floor spreading, where does the molten material come from that erupts?
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13. Is Plate Tectonics a theory or a hypothesis?
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Is Plate Tectonics a theory or a hypothesis?
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14. What type of plate boundary comes together?
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15. What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
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16. DAILY DOUBLE
What 2 geologic features are found where an ocean plate sinks below a continental plate?
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17. What type of plate boundary is the South American plate and the Nazca plate?
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18. Which layer of the earth contains the convection currents?
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19. Convection currents form when heated magma becomes more or less dense?
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20. What do scientists use convections currents to explain?
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What do scientists use convections currents to explain?
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21. What is the heat source for a convection current?
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22. What are the 2 causes of magma sinking in a convection current?
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23. What two types of crust make up the Earth’s plates?
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24. What is lava called before it reaches the surface?
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25. How are there active volcanoes in Hawaii, but the state does not lie at a plate boundary?
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26. What is the process called when oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust?
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27. The formation of volcanoes and mountain ranges can be explained by this…
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28. This instrument is used to record seismic waves and their speed.
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29. What are the vibrations called that move through the ground carrying the energy released during an earthquake?
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30. What two base units are used to measure volume in the metric system?
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What two base units are used to measure volume in the metric system?

31. What is the formula for finding density?
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32. DAILY DOUBLE!
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What does MIX stand for?

33. Where does igneous rock form?
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Where does igneous rock form?