Convergent Plate Boundaries

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move? Energy from the Sun, Magnetic Pole Reversal, Faults in Mountain Ranges

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Convection currents in the mantle

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A subduction zone is formed...

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when the oceanic crust sinks below the continental crust

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here? Options: divergent, convergent, transform, strike slip

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convergent

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The process by which one plate is forced under another

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Subduction

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Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.

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convergent

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

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Mountain

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Name the boundary

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convergent boundary

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The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

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plate boundary

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The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

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Convergent Boundary

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What type of plate boundary is this? Options: Plate, Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Convergent