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Question 1

Pangaea

Answer 1

the large supercontinent at the end of the Paleozoic Era consisting

of all the land on Earth, including all seven continents and other

landmasses

Question 2

Continental Drift

Answer 2

the movement of Earth’s continents relative to each other

Question 3

Fault

Answer 3

a crack in a body of rock that the rock can move along (related

word: faulting)

Question 4

Ridge

Answer 4

evidence that an organism once existed in an area; can be a

part of the organism’s body or a trace fossil which is a

mark or print left by the organism (related word: fossilize)

Question 5

Mid-ocean

Answer 5

an oceanic rift zone that consists of long mountain chains with a

central rift valley; divergent boundary

Question 6

Ocean trench

Answer 6

crustal structure form by

divergence of two tectonic plates

Question 7

Tectonic Plate

Answer 7

one of several huge pieces of Earth’s crust

Question 8

plate

Answer 8

the theory that describes the movement and recycling of segments

of Earth’s crust, called tectonic plates