Tectonic Plates

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What drives the movement of tectonic plates?

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Convection in the Mantle

Front

Which of the following is an example of a feature formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges

Front

What are continental plates primarily composed of?

Back

Granitic rocks

Front

Transform boundaries are often associated with what natural phenomenon?

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Strong earthquakes

Front

What is the lithosphere divided into?

Back

Plates

Front

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

Back

The theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move on the semi-fluid asthenosphere.

Front

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

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Divergent, Convergent, and Transform boundaries.

Front

What geological features are formed at convergent boundaries?

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Mountain ranges, ocean trenches, and volcanic arcs.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.

Front

What is a fault line?

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A fracture in the Earth's crust where blocks of land have moved past each other.