Plate Boundaries

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When a continental plate converges with an oceanic plate, what happens?

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the oceanic plate is subducted

Front

The Andes Mountains were formed because of this type of boundary: convergent, divergent, transform.

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convergent

Front

What occurs because of convection currents?

Back

Tectonic plates on the crust move.

Front

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's: Continental crust, Oceanic crust, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere

Back

Asthenosphere

Front

Which layer of Earth is the thickest? Options: crust, outer core, mantle, inner core

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mantle

Front

What is a fault where rocks pull apart from TENSION, that can form Fault Block Mountains? Options: Normal Fault, Reverse Fault, Strike Slip Fault, Orbell Fault

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Normal Fault

Front

What is a fault where rock squeezes together from COMPRESSION? Options: Normal Fault, Reverse Fault, Strike Slip Fault, Bekken Fault

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Reverse Fault

Front

Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress? Options: tension, compression, shearing

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tension

Front

What occurs because of convection currents?

Back

Tectonic plates on the crust move.

Front

Which type of plate boundary DOES NOT cause volcanoes? Options: Convergent, Transform, Divergent

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Transform