Plate Tectonics

Front

What type of plate boundary is characterized by the collision of two continental plates?

Back

continent-to-continent convergent

Front

In which layer of the Earth do convection currents flow?

Back

mantle

Front

How does the formation of new crust occur without increasing the Earth's surface area?

Back

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created.

Front

What is the correct order of Earth's layers starting from the surface?

Back

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Front

What geological feature is formed by the collision of tectonic plates?

Back

Mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

Back

transform boundary

Front

What is the primary driving force behind plate tectonics?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What type of boundary is formed when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?

Back

ocean-to-continental convergent boundary

Front

What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and is forced into the mantle.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

What are tectonic plates?

Back

Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3