plate tectonics review

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What are the two types of crust?

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Continental and oceanic.

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How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

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Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created.

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Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?

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Plates.

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A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary.

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Transform.

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The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

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Convergent Boundary.

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What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

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The crust.

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What is the layer of the Earth beneath the crust?

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The mantle.

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

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Subduction.

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

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Transform Boundary.

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What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

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Plate tectonics.