Plate Motion

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What is Earth's outer layer like underneath the ocean?

Back

Earth's outer layer is made of hard, solid rock.

Front

What type of plate boundary sees two plates colliding with each other?

Back

Convergent.

Front

What happens as two plates come together at a convergent boundary?

Back

One plate goes under the other and sinks into the soft rock below.

Front

What type of view shows what the inside of something looks like?

Back

Cross-section.

Front

What do patterns on a map of volcanoes and earthquakes tell us?

Back

Volcanoes and Earthquakes happen in similar areas.

Front

What is a tectonic plate?

Back

A tectonic plate is a large slab of Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.

Front

What is the lithosphere?

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The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of the Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

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

Front

What is a transform boundary?

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A transform boundary is where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.

Front

What is subduction?

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