Plate Tectonics

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What happens at convergent plate boundaries where oceanic crust is involved?

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Old crust is being destroyed.

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Front

What type of plate boundary forms continental mountain ranges?

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Convergent - Continental - Continental.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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What occurs at divergent plate boundaries?

Back

New crust is created.

Front

Where are most volcanic island arcs located?

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Near a deep-ocean trench.

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What is the region called where oceanic crust goes under continental crust?

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A subduction zone.

Front

What is the process of one tectonic plate moving under another called?

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Subduction.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

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

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Transform boundary.

Front

What geological feature is formed at divergent boundaries?

Back

Mid-ocean ridges.

Front

What is an example of a transform fault?

Back

San Andreas Fault.

Front

What is the term for the area where two tectonic plates meet?

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Plate boundary.