Dynamic Crust TEST Review

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What is the process called when two continental plates collide?

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Convergent boundary formation.

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What type of plate boundary occurs when plates slide apart?

Back

Divergent boundary.

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What evidence do scientists primarily use to classify Earth's interior zones?

Back

Earthquake seismic waves.

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What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

Back

Transform boundary.

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What is a subduction zone?

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A region where one tectonic plate sinks below another.

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What happens at a divergent boundary?

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Plates move away from each other, creating new crust.

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What is the main result of a convergent boundary?

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Formation of mountains or deep ocean trenches.

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What is the significance of earthquake seismic waves in geology?

Back

They provide information about the Earth's internal structure.

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What occurs at transform boundaries?

Back

Plates slide horizontally past each other.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.