Earth Science Vocab Review

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Reason for oceanic plate subduction?

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More dense

Front

Type of colliding plates?

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Oceanic and continental plate

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Type of colliding plates?

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Oceanic and continental plate

Front

Causes of tectonic plate movement?

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Convection currents in the mantle.

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Process of one plate forced under another

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Subduction

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Geologic feature at a convergent boundary of continental crust?

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Mountain

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Oceanic vs. Continental Plate Collision

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Oceanic

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Area where plates meet:

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plate boundary

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Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

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convergent

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Boundary types: convergent, divergent, transform, sergent.

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convergent boundary