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Card 6

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What are convection currents caused by?

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Card 7

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What happens where the tectonic plates meet?

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Card 8

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Who was the scientist that put forward the idea of continental drift and when?

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Card 9

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Why didn't other scientist accept Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift at the time?

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Card 10

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What did other scientist believe?

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Card 11

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When was Wagener's theory accepted?

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Card 12

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What causes tectonic plates to move?

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Card 13

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Why can scientist not predict when and where earthquakes will happen?

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Card 14

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Why were Wegener's ideas not accepted for many years?

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