Plate Tectonics (Warm-Up)

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Which is an example of a transform plate boundary? Options: the Himalayas, the East African Rift, the Hawaiian Islands, the San Andreas Fault

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the San Andreas Fault

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What occurs when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?

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Subduction

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In which layer do convection currents occur? Options: Outer Core, Crust, Inner Core, Mantle

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Mantle

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The collision of which two plates form mountain ranges? Oceanic-Continental, Continental-Continental, Oceanic-Oceanic, Continental-Oceanic

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Continental-Continental

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A boundary where two plates pull apart

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divergent boundary

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A boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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transform boundary

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A boundary where two plates collide into each other.

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convergent boundary

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A place where two plates meet; a break in Earth's crust

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fault

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This theory states Earth's  plates move on top of the mantle at a slow constant rate

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Plate Tectonics

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Name the boundary: convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary, sergent boundary

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convergent boundary