6B Unit 7 Geoscience Processes Flashcard

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What type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of mountains?

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Convergent Boundary

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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

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Transform, Divergent, Convergent

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What occurs at Convergent plate boundaries?

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Plates move together and one plate slides underneath another.

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On what two scales are geoscience processes that form and change our Earth measured?

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Time and Scale

Front

Which of the following is the best example of a change to Earth's surface caused by a usually gradual process that is interrupted by a rapid event?

Back

An earthquake resulting from tectonic plate movement.

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What is a Transform Boundary?

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

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What is a Divergent Boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates move apart, often creating new crust.

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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 the result of tectonic plate movement?

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Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain building, and ocean trench formation.

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What is the difference between a gradual process and a rapid event in geoscience?

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A gradual process occurs slowly over time, while a rapid event happens suddenly, like an earthquake.