Plate Boundaries

Front

What is the area around the Pacific Plate where many earthquakes and volcanoes occur?

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Ring of Fire

Front

What type of boundary is most likely to cause earthquakes?

Back

Transform boundary

Front

What is the process called when a less dense tectonic plate slides under a more dense plate?

Back

Subduction

Front

Where do volcanoes typically form?

Back

At plate boundaries.

Front

What natural process causes tectonic plates to move?

Back

Convection currents

Front

What are tectonic plates?

Back

Large sections of the Earth's crust that move and interact with each other.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A place where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

Front

What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary?

Back

Mountains or deep ocean trenches.

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

Front

What is continental drift?

Back

The theory that continents move slowly over the Earth's surface.