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Quick questions on Plate tectonics and its evidence: continental fit, fossils, sea-floor spreading and plate margins - Eduqas GCSE Geology
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What are the evidence for plate tectonics?Show answer
Several independent lines of evidence support the theory:
What is the three types of plate margin?Show answer
Plates interact at their edges, and the type of margin depends on how the plates move relative to each other:
What is q1?Show answer
State what drives the movement of tectonic plates. [1 mark]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why matching fossils on two separate continents support plate tectonics. [2 marks]
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Name the type of plate margin where new oceanic crust is created. [1 mark]
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