Vocabulary Flashcards
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a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
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Pangea
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Pangea
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a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
3
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Continental Drift
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the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
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the movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates
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Continental Drift
5
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Sea-floor Spreading
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the usual process at work at divergent plate, new ocean floor
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the usual process at work at divergent plate, new ocean floor
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Sea-floor Spreading
7
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Plate Tectonics
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a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth’s subterranean movements
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a scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth’s subterranean movements
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Plate Tectonics
