Ch. 10: Tectonic Plates

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What is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle.

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What happens when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge?

Back

Subduction and volcanic activity.

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What happens when two continental plates collide?

Back

Mountain range formation.

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What is a common result of transform plate boundaries?

Back

Earthquakes.

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What type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates move apart?

Back

Divergent boundary.

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What is a tectonic plate?

Back

A large, rigid slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.

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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 a rift valley?

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A lowland region formed by the divergence of tectonic plates.

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What are convection currents?

Back

The movement of fluid caused by differences in temperature and density, driving plate tectonics.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where plates slide past each other.