Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Different layers of the Earth

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Crust mantle inner core outer core

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Different types of plate movements

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Sliding past colliding and separating

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Sliding past causes

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Earthquakes

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Colliding causes

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Earthquakes volcanoes and fold mountains

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Plates separate causes

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Volcanoes and mid ocean ridges

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Plate Tectonics

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The study of plate movements and their effects

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Plate boundaries

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The lines or edges where plates meet

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Explain convention currents

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Convention currents in the mantle cause the plates to move.Hot currents then rise up in the mantle and join or separate

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Pangaea

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The name given to all of the continents when they were joined together in a huge landmass millions of years ago

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10
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Examples of plates colliding

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Pacific ring of Fire Alps Andes mountains and mountains of Munster

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Plates separate examples

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Iceland mid Atlantic ridge

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12
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Examples of plates sliding past

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San Andreas fault in California

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