Unit 3 - Lithosphere Part 2 Review

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What is the primary cause of volcanic activity at divergent plate boundaries?

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Rising magma from the mantle.

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What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other?

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Divergent boundary.

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Name the boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.

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Divergent boundary.

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What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other horizontally?

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Transform boundary.

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What is the term for the vibration of the Earth's crust?

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Earthquake.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where plates collide, often causing one plate to be forced below another.

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What is a transform boundary?

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

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What geological feature is commonly formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What is subduction?

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The process by which one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.

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What is the focus of an earthquake?

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The point within the Earth where an earthquake originates.