Plate Tectonics Review

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What forms when an ocean and plate boundary meet?

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Deep Ocean Trench

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Where do Earthquakes usually occur?

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The boundaries between continents and oceans

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Why do tectonic plates move?

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The heat from the inner layers of the earth melts the mantle that the tectonic plates sit on and creates a convection current.

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What is a break in Earth's crust called?

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Fault

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What are the sections called that the lithosphere (crust) is broken into?

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Plates

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What is the outer layer of the Earth called?

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Lithosphere

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What is the layer of the Earth beneath the lithosphere?

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Asthenosphere

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What is a tectonic plate?

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A large section of the Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.

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What is a volcano?

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An opening in the Earth's crust where molten rock, ash, and gases can escape.

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What is a rift?

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A crack in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates are moving apart.