Earth Layers & Plate Tectonics

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What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

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The crust.

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What type of plate boundary do the Himalayan mountains and Mt. Everest form at?

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Convergent boundary.

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What is formed when magma rises up from the mantle at a divergent boundary?

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New crust.

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What is the composition of the Earth's crust?

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It is composed of less dense materials and is the thinnest of all Earth’s layers.

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What is happening to Iceland at the Mid Atlantic Ridge?

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Iceland is being pulled apart and new land is being created in the middle.

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What is the layer of the Earth beneath the crust called?

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The mantle.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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What is subduction?

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

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact at their boundaries.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.