Plate Boundaries

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What causes tectonic plates to move?

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Convection currents in the Earth's mantle.

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What are cracks or breaks in the Earth's crust where plates slip past each other called?

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Faults.

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What type of plate boundary occurs when plates collide or converge into each other?

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Convergent boundary.

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What is the name of the plate boundary where plates slide or move past each other?

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Transform boundary.

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What type of plate boundary occurs when plates move apart from each other?

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Divergent boundary.

Front

What is the Earth's outer layer called?

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Lithosphere.

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What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountains or deep ocean trenches.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate.

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What is a mid-ocean ridge?

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An underwater mountain range formed by divergent boundaries.

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What natural disaster is commonly associated with transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes.