Pre-AP GeoPhysical
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Unit 5B Subsurface Processes
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Define Continental Drift:
What is the difference
between plate
tectonics and
continental drift?
Define Plate Tectonics:
Who is this guy?????
Alfred Wegener
How do we know that
the continents move?
Evidence of Continental Drift:
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SeaFloor Spreading:
Mid-Ocean Ridges:
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Pre-AP GeoPhysical
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Unit 5B Subsurface Processes
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Subduction:
What is subduction
and where does it
occur?
Understanding the Theory of Plate Tectonics
**Tectonics is the study of the formation of features in the earth’s crust
What is “Earth’s crust”
in comparison the
Earth’s layers?
Crust-
Lithosphere-
Asthenosphere-
Mantle-
Outer core-
Inner core-
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Pre-AP GeoPhysical
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Unit 5B Subsurface Processes
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Lithospheric Plate Boundaries
DIVERGENT
**Know the difference
between the 3 types of
plate boundaries, what
forces act on them,
and what is formed as
a result of them.
CONVERGENT
TRANSFORM FAULT
Earth’s Plates
Label plates 
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List examples:
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