Unit 5 Topic 2 Flashcard
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a Convergent Boundary?
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A boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other, causing crumpling and forming mountains when both plates are continental, or leading to subduction, earthquakes, and volcanoes when one plate is oceanic.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a Divergent Boundary?
Back
A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, allowing magma to rise and create new crust, forming new lithosphere.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What type of boundary creates mountains?
Back
Convergent Boundary.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a fault?
Back
A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Why do earthquakes commonly occur in California and Japan?
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Both areas are on the boundary of active plates, and the motion of the plates causes earthquakes.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What happens at a Transform Boundary?
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Two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, which can cause earthquakes.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is subduction?
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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.
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