Geology - Plate Boundaries

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A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called?

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Divergent Boundary

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A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other is called a?

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Convergent Boundary

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When two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, the boundary is called a…

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Transform boundary

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Convergent Plate Movement can create

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Mountains

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Mid-ocean ridges are associated with: Divergent Boundaries, Convergent Boundaries, Normal Boundaries, Transform Boundaries

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Divergent Boundaries

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The process of one plate sliding beneath another plate is called

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Subduction

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If oceanic crust collides with continental crust at a convergent boundary, which one goes underneath?

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Oceanic

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If continental crust collides with continental crust at a convergent boundary, which one goes underneath?

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Neither, they smash and build mountains

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The Himalayan mountain range (Mt. Everest) is a result of two _______ plates converging and causing uplift.

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Continental

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Result of oceanic-to-oceanic crust converging?

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volcanic island arcs