Plate Boundaries

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What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates spread or move apart?

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Divergent boundary.

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What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Convection currents in the Asthenosphere.

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

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What crustal feature is formed when two continental plates converge?

Back

Folded Mountains.

Front

What process in the mantle helps move the lithospheric plates?

Back

Convection.

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates collide.

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

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

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates move apart, 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 seafloor spreading?

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The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges.