Plate Boundaries

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This boundary happens when plates collide (come together)?

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Convergent Boundary

Answer explanation

Convergent Boundary-A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. EX-The collision of this oceanic and continental plate was how the Andes Mountains were formed. Convergent boundaries can also form islands.

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This crustal feature occurs when 2 ocean plates converge...

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Volcanic Island Arc

Answer explanation

Island Arc-long, curved chain of oceanic islands associated with intense volcanic and seismic activity and orogenic (mountain-building) processes.

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What's earth's outermost layer?

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Crust

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A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

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Theory of plate tectonics

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A German scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift...

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Alfred Wegener

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This plate is made of up the ocean floor.

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Oceanic plate

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One plate going under another plate

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Subduction

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Plates below the continents (we walk on them)

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Continental Plates

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This process occurs in the mantle and makes the plates move.

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Convection Currents

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This crustal feature happens when the OCEAN FLOOR DIVIDES (sea-floor spreading)

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Mid-ocean Ridge