Generation Genius Plate Tectonics

the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates

• deep ocean trench

• rift valley

• oceanic ridge

• subduction zone

Convergent Plate Movement can create

• Rifts

• Mountains

• Ocean Ridges

• Radiation

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Divergent Plate movement can create

• Convection Currents

• Conduction

• Mountains

• Rifts and ocean ridges

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Created by a divergent boundary.

• Rocky Mountains

• Mariana Trench

• Mid Atlantic ridge

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Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another

• collision of plates

• plates moving away from each other

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Formed where two sections of Earth’s crust are colliding

• Divergent-

• Convergent-

• Transform-

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What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic

• ocean and upper

• lower and upper

• pizza and subway

What is common at convergent boundaries?

• Valleys

• Canyons

• Mountains

• Rivers

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What happens often at transform boundaries?

• Rain

• Hurricanes

• Volcanic activity

• Earthquakes

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Trenches can be produced at contact zones between tectonic plates. The boundary between the following plates is an example of that:

• South American and African

• Indian-Australian and Pacific

• Eurasian and North American

• Pacific and Antarctic

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