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| Wegener's continental drift hypothesis stated that all the contients once joined together to form.... |
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| The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis is that.... |
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| Pangaea,meaning all land. |
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| One kind of evidence that supports Wegener's hypothesis is that.... |
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| He noticed the similarity between the coastlines on opposites sides of the South Atlantic Ocean. |
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| According to the theory of plate tectonics, the uppermost mantle,along with the overlying crustm,behaves as a strong rigid layer.... |
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| This layer is known as the lithosphere. |
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| In the plate tectonic theory,a plate4 can be made up for.... |
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| What kind of plate boudary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing lithosphere? |
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| Transform fault boudaries |
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| What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together,causing one plate to descend into the mantle beneath the other plate |
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| New ocean crust is formed at? |
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| What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined to form a single supercontinent? |
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| Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis? |
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| In the plate tectonics theory,the lithosphere is divided into plates? |
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| A tectonic plate consists of.... |
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| Uppermost mantle,along with overlying crust |
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| Which of the following is geographic example of a transform fault boundary? |
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| Which of the following results when divergence occurs between two oceanic plates? |
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| Divergence creates new seafloor.Divergence causes ocean ridges and rift valleys. |
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| The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary? |
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| The result is the collision between the two continents. |
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