What happens when a thinner ocean plate collides with a thicker continental plate?
Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Mission Review 2024

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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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The thinner ocean plate sinks under the continental plate.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is NOT an example of evidence of a supercontinent?
Back
Ocean Currents.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which location on the continent of Africa corresponds to Location R on South America from the landmass Pangaea?
Back
Location 3.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What occurs at a convergent boundary when two continental plates meet?
Back
They push against each other to form folded mountain ranges.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What force pulls dense materials towards the center of the Earth?
Back
Gravity.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Define Plate Tectonics.
Back
The theory explaining the movement of the Earth's plates and how they interact.
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is a convergent boundary?
Back
A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide.
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