Plate boundaries and Tectonic Forces

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What type of plate boundary creates new sea floor?

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Divergent

Front

Which crust subducts because it is denser than other crust?

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oceanic crust

Front

What type of landforms would you find near a subduction zone?

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trenches and volcanoes

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The theory that states that pieces of Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion is the theory of...

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plate tectonics

Front

What happens when two continental plates collide?

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Collision

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A fracture in earth's crust is a

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fault

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Tectonic stress that squeezes rocks together.

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compression

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Occur when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally.

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strike slip fault

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_______force stretch or pull rock layers from opposite directions. It is the opposite of compression.

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tension

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________ forces make rock layers slide past each other.

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shearing