Plate Tectonics

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What are the two types of crust?

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Continental and oceanic.

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What type of plate boundary forms ocean ridges?

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Divergent plate boundaries.

Front

What happens when two continental plates collide?

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Mountains are created.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

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Transform boundary.

Front

How do ocean crusts move during sea-floor spreading?

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They move by diverging.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A boundary where two plates move towards each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A boundary where two plates move apart.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is subduction?

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The process where one plate moves under another plate.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

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What geological features are formed at divergent boundaries?

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Ocean ridges and rift valleys.