Plates Boundaries & Layers

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What forms when two CONTINENTAL plates CONVERGE?

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Mountains

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Where is plate material destroyed or recycled and returned to the mantle?

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At convergent boundaries.

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Identify the Major Plate labeled I: African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Pacific Plate, Eurasian Plate.

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African Plate

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What happens at the place where tectonic plates diverge?

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The plates will spread apart.

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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 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 collide or move towards each other.

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What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountains or volcanic arcs.

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What is the process called when one tectonic plate is forced under another?

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Subduction.

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What is the Mid Ocean Ridge?

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An underwater mountain range formed by divergent tectonic plates.