Tectonic PLates

TRUE/FALSE: A trench can be formed by a convergent plate boundary

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When two major tectonic plates pull apart, what can happen?

• ocean basin

• mountains

• rift valley

• friction between plates

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A valley or depression between continents

• Ocean Basins

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

Indo-Australian Plate

• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere including the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust
• Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere, and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including the continental crust of Africa and surrounding oceanic crust
• Major geological event that occurs when continental plates equal density converge

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Eurasian Plate

• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of landmasses of Europe and Asia
• Movement of plates create dense oceanic crust that sinks lower in the asthenosphere than the less dense continental crust, resulting in depressions on Earth's surface that fill with water
• Occurs when one plate is denser than another and is forced below as the two plated converge at their boundary
• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust

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Volcanic Eruptions

• Major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate as they converge
• Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence at transform boundaries
• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of landmasses of Europe and Asia
• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including the continental crust of South America and oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge

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Pacific Plate

• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is composed entirely of oceanic crust, lies beneath the Pacific Ocean
• Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere, and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including the continental crust of South America and oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge
• Occurs when one plate is denser than another and is forced below as the two plated converge at their boundary

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Earthquakes

• Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence at transform boundaries
• Occurs when one plate is denser than another and is forced below as the two plated converge at their boundary
• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of landmasses of Europe and Asia
• Major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate as they converge

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Subduction

• Occurs when one plate is denser than another and is forced below as the two plated converge at their boundary
• Major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate as they converge
• Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere, and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle
• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including the continental crust of Africa and surrounding oceanic crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Northern America Plate

• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust
• Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence at transform boundaries
• A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including the continental crust of South America and oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge
• Occurs when one plate is denser than another and is forced below as the two plated converge at their boundary

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