Plate Tectonics

Front

What is a Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other called?

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Convergent Boundary

Front

What can Convergent Plate Movement create?

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Mountains

Front

What is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other called?

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Divergent Boundary

Front

What can Divergent Plate movement create?

Back

Rifts and ocean ridges

Front

What are the two types of crust?

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Continental and oceanic

Front

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

Back

Subduction

Front

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

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Transform Boundary

Front

What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary?

Back

Mountain ranges

Front

What is the main driving force behind plate tectonics?

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Convection currents in the mantle

Front

What is the term for the outer layer of the Earth?

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Lithosphere