Plate Tectonics

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What is the term for processes that build up the Earth's surface?

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Constructive processes.

Front

What geological feature forms when two oceanic plates converge?

Back

Volcanic islands.

Front

True or False: Earth's lithospheric plates only move occasionally.

Back

False.

Front

What geological feature forms when two continental plates converge?

Back

Mountains.

Front

What geological features are caused by divergent boundaries?

Back

Mid-Ocean Ridge and rifts.

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates move apart?

Back

Divergent boundary.

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates collide?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Front

What type of plate boundary is associated with earthquakes?

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate is forced under another?

Back

Subduction.

Front

What is the Earth's outer layer called?

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Lithosphere.