Plate Tectonics (LT 2.3)

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A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called...

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Divergent Boundary

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A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called...

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Convergent Boundary

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Convergent Plate Movement can create

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Mountains

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Divergent Plate movement can create

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Rifts and ocean ridges

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When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

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Earthquake

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Created by a divergent boundary.

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Mid Atlantic ridge

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Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate? Options: submarine zone, divergence zone, subduction zone, lower zone

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subduction zone

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Tectonic plates consist of: Continental crust, Oceanic Crust, Both continental and oceanic, Asthenosphere

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Both continental and oceanic

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Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening.

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the denser oceanic crust is subducting under the less dense continental crust.

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What is this a picture of?

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Pangaea