Plate Tectonics Guided Notes

The Earth has many different ____________.

• Crusts

• Boundaries

• Layers

• Plates

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The plates resemble a ___________.

• cracked eggshell

• sidewalk

• piece of pizza

• can of soda

To "converge" means to __________ together at a certain point.

• hang out

• meet

• go shopping

• eat dinner

This boundary is is where the plates collide.

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The more dense plate ___________ the less dense plate.

the Oceanic crust is ________ dense than continental.

• the same

• more

• less

• equally

2 Oceanic plates run through the middle of ____________.

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3 types of boundaries are... (select all three)

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transparent

• Transform

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If an oceanic crust and continental collide, which one slips under?

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The continents sit on top of the _________.