plate tectonic retest

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A place where two tectonic plates move towards each other.

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What happens at a divergent boundary?

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Tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A place where tectonic plates slide past each other.

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What is subduction?

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When one tectonic plate goes under another

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What is oceanic crust?

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The thin part of the Earth's crust that is under the ocean.

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What is continental crust?

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The thick part of the Earth's crust that forms the continents

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Which type of boundary is most likely to cause earthquakes? Options: Convergent boundary, Divergent boundary, Transform boundary

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Transform boundary

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Which type of boundary can create mountains?

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Convergent boundary

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Which type of boundary is associated with the creation of new oceanic crust?

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Divergent boundary

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What happens to the oceanic crust at a subduction zone?

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It goes under the continental crust