Plate Tectonics Test Review

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What do you call a plate boundary at which tectonic plates move away from each other?

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A divergent boundary.

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What is the process called when tectonic plates collide?

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Convergent boundary.

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What is the name of the tectonic plate that the Ring of Fire surrounds?

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Pacific Plate.

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What is Pangaea?

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The first single landmass that formed on Earth.

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What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

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The crust.

Front

True or False: Earth’s crust is thicker on land than in the oceans.

Back

True.

Front

What type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary.

Front

What is the term for the movement of the Earth's plates?

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Plate tectonics.

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What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate.