Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

Front

What is the part of the mantle where convection currents responsible for the movement of tectonic plates occur?

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Asthenosphere

Front

Which ocean is California close to?

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Pacific Ocean

Front

What do we call a location where two tectonic plates divide or separate?

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Divergent boundary

Front

What part of the mantle makes tectonic plates?

Back

Lithosphere

Front

What are the sections called that the Earth's crust is broken into?

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Tectonic plates

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates collide?

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Convergent boundary

Front

What is the name of the boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary

Front

What is the process called when tectonic plates move away from each other?

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Seafloor spreading

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridge

Front

What is the term for the movement of the Earth's plates?

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