6.2 & 6.3 Test Review

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What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

Back

A region of active volcanoes.

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How does sediment closer to a mid-ocean ridge compare to sediment farther away?

Back

It is younger.

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What are the three primary forces that move tectonic plates?

Back

Ridge push, slab pull, and convection currents.

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What is an undersea mountain range that forms at a divergent boundary?

Back

A mid-ocean ridge.

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How were the Himalaya Mountains formed?

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At a convergent boundary.

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Define tectonic plates.

Back

Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other.

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What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic boundary where two plates collide.

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What is a transform boundary?

Back

A tectonic boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What is slab pull?

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A force that pulls a tectonic plate down into the mantle at a subduction zone.