Plate Tectonics Flashcardizz Review

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What happens to the crust in a convergent boundary?

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The crust comes together and is destroyed.

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What happens to the crust in a transform boundary?

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The crust is neither created nor destroyed.

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What happens to the crust in a divergent boundary?

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The crust can be created as the plates move apart.

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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

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Convergent, transform, and divergent.

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What is the San Andreas Fault an example of?

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A transform boundary.

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What causes plate tectonics to move?

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Convection currents in the Earth's mantle.

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What is the definition of plate tectonics?

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The interaction of the Earth's rigid lithospheric plates as they slide slowly over the mantle.

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What is a characteristic of convergent boundaries?

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Plates come together, often causing one plate to be forced beneath another.

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What is a characteristic of divergent boundaries?

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Plates move apart, creating new crust as magma rises to the surface.

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What is a characteristic of transform boundaries?

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Plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes.