Plate Tectonics Check

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

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Transform boundary.

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What are the two types of Earth's crust?

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Continental and oceanic.

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What happens at a convergent boundary?

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Two tectonic plates move towards each other.

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What happens at a divergent boundary?

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Two tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What geological feature is commonly associated with transform boundaries?

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Fault lines, such as the San Andreas Fault.

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What is the primary cause of earthquakes at transform boundaries?

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The friction and stress that build up as plates slide past each other.

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What is a rift valley?

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A lowland region formed by the divergence of tectonic plates.

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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.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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What is the asthenosphere?

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The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.