

Plate Tectonics Flashcard
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12th Grade
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Features of Divergent Boundaries
Back
Mid-ocean ridges, rift valleys, fissure volcanoes.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is weathering?
Back
The breakdown or dissolving of rock into smaller pieces.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates colliding and interacting?
Back
Convergent.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Why does the Indian Plate move under the Eurasian Plate?
Back
It is denser.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What causes the alternating magnetic stripes in ocean-floor rock?
Back
Movement of ocean floor.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is a tectonic plate?
Back
A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
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The theory that the Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.
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