Plate Tectonics Review

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid, brittle part of the crust and upper mantle.

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Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries.

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Convergent.

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Which type of plate boundary occurs at B?

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Convergent.

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What is the term for one plate sinking under another?

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Subduction.

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The type of plate boundary where two plates COLLIDE is a .....

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Convergent Boundary.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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

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What is a transform boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What geological feature is commonly formed at convergent boundaries?

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Mountain ranges.

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What is the process of plate tectonics?

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The movement of the Earth's plates on the semi-fluid asthenosphere.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.