Plate Tectonics Review

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What is it called when two tectonic plates move toward each other?

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Convergent boundary

Front

What do two continental crusts create when they push together at a convergent boundary?

Back

Mountains

Front

True or False: The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents drifted away from each other.

Back

True

Front

What instrument records and measures the seismic waves of an earthquake?

Back

Seismograph

Front

What will happen to Los Angeles and San Francisco in the future due to the San Andreas transform boundary?

Back

They will be side by side somewhere between their current positions.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

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

Front

What geological feature is commonly formed at a divergent boundary?

Back

Mid-ocean ridges.

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate is forced under another?

Back

Subduction.

Front

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

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What is the main cause of earthquakes?

Back

The movement of tectonic plates.