L2 Plate Boundary Practice

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The point where one plate slides beneath another is known as the _____________.
Back
subduction zone
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
Back
Fossils of land mammals found on different continents now separated by oceans, glacier scars and other climate evidence of continents moving from a different location, mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which type of crust is the most dense and will always subduct?
Back
Oceanic
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What name is given to the underwater mountain ridges that form from the creation of new crust?
Back
Mid-Ocean Ridges
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Theory that the crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates that slowly move due to convection in the asthenosphere.
Back
Plate Tectonics
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the lithosphere?
Back
The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the asthenosphere?
Back
The semi-fluid layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.
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