*Updated Plate Tectonics Flashcards

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What explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces?

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Plate Tectonic Theory

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Which explains that the continents were once joined together and over time they broke up and then drifted apart?

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Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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This boundary is described by two plates moving away from each other along the edges and separating. The resulting gap allows magma to rise and create new crust, forming new lithosphere.

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Divergent Boundary

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Boundary where two plates move past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes when they slip.

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Transform Boundary

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This boundary is described as moving toward one another. When the plates are both continental plates, they will crumple up and form mountains. When they are continental and oceanic plates, subduction occurs and earthquakes and volcanoes form.

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Convergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Trenches, deep underwater canyons on the sea floor, are created at this type of boundary: Divergent, Convergent, Subduction Zone, Transform

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Convergent, Subduction Zone

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New crust is created at this type of boundary.

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Divergent

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Mountains are created at this type of boundary.

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Convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Mid Ocean Ridge Formation is created at this type of boundary. Options: Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Divergent

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What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

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Convection currents in the Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3