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| the theory that the continents have moved slowly to their current location |
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| proposed theory of continental drift |
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| clues that back up continental drift |
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1) fossil of similar plants and animals found all over the world
2) glacier evidence in warm climates
3) similar rock types found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean |
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| theory proposing that magma under crust moves crustal plates apart |
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| proposed seafloor spreading |
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| theory that crust is broken up into sections that move on mantle |
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| two continental plates coming together (ex. - India and Asia) |
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| denser oceanic plate colliding and going underneath less dense continental plate |
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| two continental plates moving apart |
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| two oceanic plates moving apart |
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| current in mantle that moves overlying tectonic plates (crust) |
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| where two plates pull/move apart (ex. - seafloor spreading, rift valley) |
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| where two tectonic plates come together (ex. - subduction, continental collision) |
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| tectonic plates move sideways past each other |
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