Understanding Plate Tectonic Boundaries

Understanding Plate Tectonic Boundaries

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Science

9th - 12th Grade

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Julie Tucker

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Plate Tectonics

Back

Theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithosphere

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2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Describe how the plates are moving in a Convergent Boundary

Back

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3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Describe how the plates are moving in a Divergent Boundary

Back

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4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Describe how the plates are moving in a Transform Boundary

Back

Plates slide past each other

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5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Subduction Zone

Back

The more dense plate sinks beneath another plate at a Convergent Boundary

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6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Back

Underwater mountain range formed by divergent boundaries

Magma in the Asthenosphere is exposed, building mountains from below

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7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Earthquakes are common at transform boundaries.

Back

True - since the Earth is shifting, there will be Earthquakes. California sits on a transform boundary, that is why there are so many Earthquakes there

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