Tectonic Plates

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates crash into each other?

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Convergent

Front

What is the term for the process when plates converge and form mountains?

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Uplift

Front

Who is the scientist known for building most of the evidence for continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

Front

What is the layer of the Earth located directly under the crust?

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Mantle

Front

What is the term for the process when one tectonic plate slides under another due to density?

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Subduction

Front

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary

Front

What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary where one plate is forced under another?

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Trench

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates away from each other?

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Divergent boundary

Front

What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

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Crust

Front

What is the process called when tectonic plates move and cause earthquakes?

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Plate tectonics