Plate Tectonics ES.7 b/c

Plate Tectonics ES.7 b/c

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9th - 10th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a strike-slip fault?

Back

A type of fault where two blocks of the Earth's crust slide past each other horizontally.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of plate boundary involves plates moving towards each other?

Back

Convergent boundary.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

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

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How do geologists study Earth's interior layers?

Back

By recording and studying seismic waves.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.

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