Plate Tectonics

Front

What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another?

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Subduction zone

Front

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

Back

Slide/Transform boundary

Front

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one supercontinent?

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Pangea

Front

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

Back

Tectonic plates

Front

What is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Mantle convection currents

Front

What is the boundary called where two tectonic plates move away from each other?

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Divergent boundary

Front

What is the boundary called where two tectonic plates collide?

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Convergent boundary

Front

What natural disaster is often caused by the movement of tectonic plates?

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Earthquake

Front

What layer of the Earth do tectonic plates float on?

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Asthenosphere

Front

What is the process called when tectonic plates move and change the Earth's surface?

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Plate tectonics