Plate Tectonics Check

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What forms when two CONTINENTAL plates CONVERGE?

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Mountains

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What geologic process formed the Himalayas?

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Two continental plates converging.

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What are the two types of crust?

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Continental and oceanic.

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A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

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Transform boundary.

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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

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Convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountains or trenches.