Plate Boundaries

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What happens when two continental plates collide?

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Mountains are created.

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What is the type of boundary where plates collide?

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Convergent boundary.

Front

What is the theory that describes the movement of Earth's continents from an ancient supercontinent?

Back

Plate Tectonics.

Front

What type of convergent boundary creates mountain chains?

Back

Continental-Continental boundary.

Front

What is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 million years ago?

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Pangea.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where two tectonic plates move apart.

Front

What is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

Front

What geological feature is formed at an oceanic-continental convergent boundary?

Back

Subduction zones and volcanic arcs.

Front

What is the result of two oceanic plates colliding?

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One plate subducts, leading to the formation of island arcs.

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What is the primary driving force behind plate tectonics?

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Convection currents in the Earth's mantle.