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Plate Boundaries
New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.
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Divergent Oceanic
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Divergent Continental
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Convergent Oceanic
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Transform
Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.
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Convergent Oceanic
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Divergent Oceanic
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Convergent Continental-Continental
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Divergent Continental
The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.
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seafloor spreading
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subduction
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continental drift
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recycling
What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?
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Volcanoes and Trenches
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Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges
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Volcanoes and Rift Valleys
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Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches
A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?
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Mid Ocean Ridge
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Rift Valley
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Subduction Zone
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Deep Ocean Trench
A divergent boundary in the ocean creates what feature?
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Mid Ocean Ridge
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Rift Valley
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Deep Ocean Trench
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Subduction Zone
When two continental plates converge (collide) what type of crustal feature is formed?
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Mid Ocean Ridge
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Subduction Zone
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Rift Valley
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Folded Mountains
The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?
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Subduction
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Seafloor Spreading
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Continental Drift
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Volcanism
What is the 'magic' that is happening in the mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?
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Convection
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Subduction
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Seafloor Spreading
If an earthquake occurs at the bottom of the ocean floor what could form as result?
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Volcano
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Tsumani
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Tidal Wave
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Hurricane
Aside from Earthquakes, what is the only thing you will find at transform boundaries?
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Volcanoes
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Subduction Zones
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Folded Mountains
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Fault lines
What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?
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Volcanoes
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Earthquakes
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Subduction
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Deep Trenches
The only type of crust that will subduct if two plates converge is...
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Oceanic
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Continental
These are NOT plate boundary features. They are areas where hot mantle plumes push up through the lithospheric plates to create volcanic islands such as Hawaii.
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Hotspots
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Convergent Boundary
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Divergent Boundary
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Transform Boundary
Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?
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Convergent
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Divergent
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Transform
Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?
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Convergent
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Divergent
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Transform
Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?
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Covergent
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Divergent
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Transform
New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.
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Divergent Oceanic
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Divergent Continental
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Convergent Oceanic
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Transform
Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.
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Convergent Oceanic
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Divergent Oceanic
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Convergent Continental-Continental
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Divergent Continental
The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.
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seafloor spreading
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subduction
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continental drift
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recycling
What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?
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Volcanoes and Trenches
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Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges
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Volcanoes and Rift Valleys
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Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches
What type of plate boundary is this?
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Transform
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Convergent
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Divergent
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Plate
When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
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hardens, sinks
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melts, sinks
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hardens, rises
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melts, rises
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
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divergent
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convergent
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transform
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subducting
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
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divergent
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convergent
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transform
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submergent
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
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divergent
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convergent
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transform
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strike slip
What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
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Earthquakes
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Volcanoes
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Mountains
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Rift Valleys
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
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Rift Valley
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Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Island Arc
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Flat land
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
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Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Mountain
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Rift Valley
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Island Arc
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
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Volcano
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Mountain
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Rift
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Island Arc
A subduction zone is formed...
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when one tectonic plate sinks below another
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at every type of convergent plate boundary
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at every type of divergent plate boundary
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at transform boundaries
Name the boundary
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convergent boundary
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divergent boundary
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transform boundary
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sergent boundary
Name the boundary
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convergent boundary
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divergent boundary
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transform boundary
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sergent boundary
In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?
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convergent
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normal
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divergent
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transform
The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.
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fault
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plate boundary
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plate edge
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ring of fire
Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.
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divergent
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convergent
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transform
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submergent
Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.
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divergent
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convergent
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transform
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detergent
Which model is depicting a convergent boundary between two plates?
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top
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middle
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bottom
Which model is depicting a transform boundary between two plates?
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top
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middle
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bottom
Which model is depicting a divergent boundary between two plates?
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middle
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bottom
What type of landform occurs at a divergent boundary between two continental plates?
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seafloor spreading
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rift valley
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earthquake
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mountain range
What occurs between two oceanic plates at a divergent boundary?
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rift valley
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sea floor spreading
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volcanic mountain range
When a continental plate is pulled away from another continental plate, the area of crust that is thinned and pulled apart is called.
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a trench
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a rift zone or rift valley
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ocean spreading ridge
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Continental crust
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