Plate Tectonics Review

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate goes under another?

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Subduction

Front

What is the term for the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface?

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Earthquake

Front

What do we call a volcanically active area of the Earth's surface that is located far from a tectonic plate boundary?

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Hot Spot

Front

What type of plate boundary exists between the South American Plate and the Nazca Plate?

Back

Convergent

Front

What is the only liquid layer of the Earth called?

Back

Outer Core

Front

What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

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Plate Tectonics

Front

What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

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Divergent, Convergent, and Transform boundaries.

Front

What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary?

Back

Mountain ranges or deep ocean trenches.

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What is the primary cause of earthquakes?

Back

The movement of tectonic plates.