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Plate tectonics writing prompt

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Write About It!
THURSDAY, 9 JANUARY 2020 / NAME:
Instructions:
Pangaea, the gigantic supercontinent, existed 200 million years ago. Your task is to describe what
the Earth will look like 200 million years in the future. Where will the continents be? How did they
move? What new land structures are there? Use your notes and write on the back of this paper.
You can also include what type of creatures will be on Earth, if you want.
Please use & UNDERLINE the following vocabulary words:
Drift
Convection
Convergent
Divergent
Subduction
Oceanic crust
Continental crust
Mantle
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