Plate Tectonics

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What are plates that diverge or move apart from each other called?

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Divergent plates.

Front

What does an ocean plate vs continental plate create?

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Creates trench or volcano.

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What is the plastic-like layer of the Earth where the plates move around?

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Asthenosphere.

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What type of plate boundary occurs when plates move apart?

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Divergent boundary.

Front

What is the lithosphere?

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The uppermost part of the mantle and lower part of the crust.

Front

What type of boundary creates earthquakes at subduction zones?

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Convergent boundary.

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Rift valleys.

Front

What is created when an oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate?

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Trenches and volcanic arcs.

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What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

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Crust.