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Card 16

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The San Andreas Fault is an exaple of which margin

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Card 17

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Two examples of oceanic-oceanic convergence

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Card 18

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Originates deep within the asthenosphere as molten rock which rises and melts through the lithosperic plate forming a large volcanic mass at a hot spot

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Card 19

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Consists of the crust and the rigid upper section of the mantle

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Card 20

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Semi-molten mass below the lithosphere on which the plates float

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Card 21

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What are convection currents

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Card 22

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Theory by Alfred Wegener in 1912 that all the continents used to be joined together 250m years ago

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