Plate Tectonics
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Objective
I can describe the different types of plate boundaries and the landforms associated with them.
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Practice
6 questions
Describe Pangaea and explain how the theory of continental drift suggests it broke apart.
Explain the difference between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere, and how they relate to the movement of tectonic plates.
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Exit ticket
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“Describe what happens when two tectonic plates meet at a convergent boundary and name a landform that can result from this type of boundary. Describe what happens when two tectonic plates move apart at a divergent boundary and name a geological feature that can result from this type of boundary. ”
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