Tectonic Plates

Front

What is the process called when two tectonic plates converge and one slides under the other due to density?

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Subduction

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform

Front

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

Back

Mantle

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move apart?

Back

Divergent

Front

What is the term for the process when converging plates form mountains?

Back

Uplift

Front

What are tectonic plates?

Back

Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

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

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

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

Front

What geological feature is commonly formed at a subduction zone?

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Trenches.