Theory of Plate Tectonics
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Theory of Plate TectonicsQuestions
- What happens at a divergent plate boundary?
- What is one example of a hotspot?
- What happens at a continent-oceanic convergent boundary?
- Is lava produced at a continent-oceanic convergent boundary, if so how?
- What is a transform boundary?
- Who developed the theory of plate tectonics and what were the major pieces of evidence in support of the theory?
- What are the main difference between the oceanic and continental plates?
- What are the main types of plate boundaries?
- How does the theory of plate tectonics relate to volcanoes?
- Why is the theory of plate tectonics not a law?
- How can Earth's plates move?
- What is the theory of plate tectonics based upon?
- Are the edges of plate boundaries the same as the edges of the continents?
- Who was Alfred Wegener and what did he theorize? What kind of information or items did he use to support his theory?
- Which continent forms the core of Pangea?
- What was the climate like on Pangaea?
- What types of plants and animals were present on Pangaea?
- How does Pangea relate to plate tectonics?
- How do convection currents affect tectonic plates?
- Why do earthquakes occur along the plate boundaries?
- What happens at divergent plate boundaries?
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- Who came up with the theory of plate tectonics?
- When was the theory of plate tectonics discovered?
- How would you explain the development of the plate tectonic theory?
- What would the world be like if there was no plate tectonics?
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- What happens to the lithosphere when a plate is compressed?
- Why do you think oceanic crust is young while continental crust is mostly old?