Plate Boundaries

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What happens when two continental plates collide?

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Mountains are created.

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What is found at transform boundaries aside from earthquakes?

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Fault lines.

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What feature is created at a divergent boundary in the ocean?

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Mid Ocean Ridge.

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What is a tectonic plate?

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A large slab of crust and upper mantle that moves over the earth's surface.

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What causes tectonic plates on the crust to move?

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Convection currents.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates collide.

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What geological feature is formed when an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate?

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A deep ocean trench.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates pull apart.

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What are fault lines?

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Fractures in the Earth's crust where blocks of land have moved past each other.

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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.