Plate Tectonics

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is Plate Tectonics?
Back
The theory that explains how the Earth's plates move and interact with each other.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What happens when an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide?
Back
The oceanic plate subducts, or goes under, the continental plate.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What type of boundary forms mountains?
Back
Convergent boundary.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a Divergent Boundary?
Back
A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, creating new crust.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is a Convergent Boundary?
Back
A boundary where two tectonic plates collide, often forming mountains or causing subduction.
6.
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What is a Transform Boundary?
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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What is subduction?
Back
The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate.
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