Plate Tectonics

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What causes tectonic plates to move?
Back
Convection Currents in the mantle.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Where do convection currents that cause plate movement occur?
Back
In the Mantle.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What happens at an Oceanic-Oceanic convergent plate boundary?
Back
The older, denser plate subducts.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What happens at an Oceanic-Continental plate boundary?
Back
The oceanic plate subducts.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What occurs at a transform boundary?
Back
Neither plate subducts.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What are tectonic plates?
Back
Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is subduction?
Back
The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate.
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