Plate Boundaries

Front

What feature is created at a divergent boundary on land?

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Rift Valley

Front

What process in the mantle helps move the lithospheric plates?

Back

Convection

Front

What is the term for the point where one plate slides beneath another?

Back

Subduction zone

Front

Who is the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift?

Back

Wegener

Front

What happens when two continental plates collide?

Back

Mountains are created.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

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

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates collide.

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

Front

What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate.

Front

What is the lithosphere?

Back

The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.