
PLATE TECTONICS
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Science
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9th Grade
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Hard
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What are the two types of crust?
Back
Continental and oceanic.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Heated magma moves upwards, cools, and then sinks. This is called a...
Back
Convection Current.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is represented by the picture?
Back
Pangea.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Name the boundary where tectonic plates move apart.
Back
Divergent boundary.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What forms at a transform plate boundary?
Back
Fault Line.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?
Back
Plate Tectonics.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?
Back
Subduction.
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