Plate Tectonics

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The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

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Convergent Boundary

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What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move? Options: Energy from the Sun, Magnetic Pole Reversal, Convection currents in the mantle, Faults in Mountain Ranges

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Convection currents in the mantle

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What type of plate boundary is this? Options: Plate, Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Convergent

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What type of event will occur at this boundary? Options: Earthquake, Volcano Eruption, Tornado, Mountain Building

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Earthquake

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

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Pull apart

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What type of plate boundary is this? Options: Transform, Convergent, Divergent, Plate

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Transform

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Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

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Divergent

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Islands can form from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary.

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Convergent

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The area where two tectonic plates meet.

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plate boundary

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A subduction zone is formed...

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when one tectonic plate sinks below another