Plate Tectonics

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What are tectonic plates made of?

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Continental and oceanic lithosphere.

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Where are earthquakes most likely to occur?

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At transform plate boundaries.

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What type of mountains are created along Continental-Continental Convergent boundaries?

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Folded mountains.

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What type of currents in the Earth's asthenosphere cause plates to shift?

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Convection currents.

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What is an example of an island arc formed from oceanic-oceanic collision?

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Aleutian Islands.

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

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The lithosphere.

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What is the process called when tectonic plates move apart?

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Divergence.

Front

What geological feature is formed at oceanic-continental convergent boundaries?

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Subduction zones.

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What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary.

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What is the main driving force behind plate tectonics?

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Heat from the Earth's interior.