Tectonic Plates Review

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What forms when two continental plates converge?

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Mountain range.

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What type of boundary forms the mid-ocean ridge?

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Divergent boundary.

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What powers convection in the mantle?

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Heat from the core.

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What is a boundary line where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary.

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What happens at a convergent boundary?

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Tectonic plates move towards one another.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other.

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What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridge.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another.

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What is the result of oceanic and continental plate convergence?

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Oceanic trench and volcanic mountains.