Q2 Review G6

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What natural disaster is directly related to the movement of tectonic plates?

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Earthquakes

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What is the term for a break in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred?

Back

Fault

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What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A place where two tectonic plates move towards each other.

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What type of rock is formed by heat and pressure?

Back

Metamorphic rock.

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What is the process called when oceanic crust is created at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at trenches?

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Seafloor spreading.

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What is a tectonic plate?

Back

A large, rigid piece of the Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.

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What is subduction?

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

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What is a transform boundary?

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A place where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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What are the three main types of rocks?

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Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic.

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What is the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks?

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Intrusive igneous rocks form inside the Earth, while extrusive igneous rocks form on the surface.