Plate Boundaries- Flashcard

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Earth's outer crust is divided into several...

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plates

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This plate boundary slides past another.

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Transform

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This plate boundary collides into another.

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Convergent

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This plate boundary moves away from another.

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Divergent

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The San Andres Fault is an example of what plate boundary type?

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Transform

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The Himalayan Mountains are an example of which plate boundary? Options: Convergent, Divergent, Transform

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Convergent

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa is an example of what plate boundary type?

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Divergent

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What occurs when oceanic crust and continental crust collide?

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volcanoes

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What is created when continental and continental crust collide?

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folded mountains

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What is created at a divergent plate boundary?

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new seafloor