PLATE TECTONICS

PLATE TECTONICS

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Science

9th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the two types of crust?

Back

Continental and oceanic.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Heated magma moves upwards, cools, and then sinks. This is called a...

Back

Convection Current.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is represented by the picture?

Back

Pangea.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Name the boundary where tectonic plates move apart.

Back

Divergent boundary.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What forms at a transform plate boundary?

Back

Fault Line.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

Back

Plate Tectonics.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

Back

Subduction.

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