plate tectonics

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What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

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Convection currents in the Mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a tectonic plate boundary?

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A place where two tectonic plates meet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What happens at a divergent boundary?

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Plates separate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What is the definition of a divergent boundary?

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

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What is the definition of a convergent boundary?

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A plate boundary where one plate sinks under another.

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What is the definition of a transform boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate sinks under another.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

What are convection currents?

Back

The movement of fluid caused by differences in temperature and density.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6