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Study Guide 5
Science
Question | Answer |
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New ocean floor is created at the... | |
The formations that run down the centers of mid-ocean ridges are called... | |
Subduction occurs at... | |
Strike - slip boundaries occur where two plates... | |
Both plates buckle upward when... | |
Compared to the oldest rocks on the ocean floor, the oldest rocks on land are... | |
Which of the following was a giant continent from which all modern continents came? | Pangaea |
According to the most widespread hypothesis, the source of the forces that move the plates is: | |
The deepest parts of the ocean are... | |
The theory of continental drift was developed by... | |
Old ocean floor is destroyed, absorbed by the Earth, and re-melted beneath... | |
Magnetic stripes in the ocean floor rocks tell us that... |