6.2 & 6.3 Test Review

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What is an undersea mountain range that forms at a divergent boundary?

Back

A mid-ocean ridge.

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Why does the oceanic plate subduct when it collides with a continental plate?

Back

Because it is more dense.

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What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

Back

A region of active volcanoes.

Front

How were the Himalaya Mountains formed?

Back

At a convergent boundary.

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What are the three primary forces that move tectonic plates?

Back

Ridge push, slab pull, and convection currents.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide.

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What is a transform boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate.

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What is a tectonic plate?

Back

A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.