Plate Boundaries Practice

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What is a subduction zone?

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An area where one tectonic plate slips under another plate.

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What is sea floor spreading?

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The process that occurs when tectonic plates move apart at mid-ocean ridges.

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What layer of Earth is found directly below the lithosphere?

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Asthenosphere.

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What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

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Transform boundary.

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What geological feature occurs where tectonic plates converge?

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Mountain ranges.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A boundary where tectonic plates move towards each other.

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What is a transform fault?

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A fault where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.

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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 of the mantle located below the lithosphere.