Tectonic Plates

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What forms when a convergent boundary includes both continental crusts?

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Mountains

Front

What type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates slide against each other?

Back

Transform boundary

Front

What type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates move away from each other?

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Divergent boundary

Front

What are part of the lithosphere, create land, and move by convection currents?

Back

Tectonic plates

Front

What natural events occur in the Pacific Ring of Fire?

Back

Both volcanic eruptions and mountain ridges

Front

What is the lithosphere?

Back

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

Front

What is a tectonic plate?

Back

A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.

Front

What is the process called when tectonic plates move due to heat from the Earth's interior?

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Convection currents.

Front

What is a subduction zone?

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A region where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.

Front

What is the difference between oceanic and continental crust?

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Oceanic crust is thinner and denser, while continental crust is thicker and less dense.