Plate Tectonics

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What is the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other called?

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Transform boundary.

Front

What do we call the place where two tectonic plates meet?

Back

Plate boundary.

Front

What is a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle?

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Tectonic plate.

Front

What is an area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it?

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Hot spot.

Front

What type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates move away from each other, creating new crust?

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Divergent boundary.

Front

What is the term for the process where one tectonic plate is forced under another?

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Subduction.

Front

What is the layer of the Earth that is made up of the crust and the upper mantle?

Back

Lithosphere.

Front

What is the name of the theory that explains the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridge.