GRADE 10 SCIENCE- PLATE TECTONICS

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What principle suggests that the Earth's crust is composed of plates that are constantly moving with each other?

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Continental Drift Theory

Front

What land form can be produced by the collision of two continental plates?

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mountain ranges

Front

If two tectonic plates move away from each other, what kind of plate boundary do they have?

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divergent boundary

Front

What forms if two oceanic plates collide at their boundary?

Back

oceanic trench

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Areas of the Earth where plumes of magma rise from the outer core and seep through the crust, resulting in volcanic eruptions.

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hot spots

Front

What converging tectonic plates has no formation of trench, volcano instead just a large group of tall mountains?

Back

continental plate & continental plate

Front

What geologic structures or features are formed in the diverging of tectonic plates?

Back

Formation of rift valleys & oceanic ridges

Front

What do you call the deepest part of the ocean? These are also called submarine valleys formed from the collision of continental and oceanic plates?

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ocean trenches

Front

What plates formed the San Andreas fault?

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Eurasian Plate & North America Plate

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What plate boundary is formed when two tectonic plates rub against each other, creating fault lines?

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transform boundary