Plate Tectonics

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What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

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Transform boundary.

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What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

Back

Mantle.

Front

What is the correct order of Earth’s layers starting from the surface?

Back

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core.

Front

What type of plate boundary formed the Himalayas?

Back

Continent-to-continent convergent boundary.

Front

What are Tectonic Plates?

Back

The plates that move the continents.

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates move apart.

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

Back

Mountains, trenches, or volcanic arcs.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridges.