Plate Tectonics

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What type of boundary is this?

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Convergent

Front

What type of boundary is this?

Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

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Plates

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Transform

Front

What type of boundary is this? Options: Divergent, Convergent, Transform, Plates

Back

Divergent

Front

Why is the Earth not getting larger or smaller?

Back

The Earth is constantly recycling itself. Subduction zone and divergent boundaries

Front

How are mountains formed?

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Continental plates collide.

Front

What event is most likely to cause a crevice along a fault? Options: sinkhole, earthquake, tornado.

Back

earthquake

Front

The heating and cooling of Earth's mantle causes

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convection currents which move the lithospheric plates

Front

What drives the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

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Convection currents in the mantle

Front

What causes many tsunamis, like the one that occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004?

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earthquakes

Front

Large pieces of lithosphere that move on top of the asthenosphere are called ____________.

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tectonic plates