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Plate Tectonic Rev.

Vocabulary for plate tectonic test

TermDefinition
What is the movement of the earth's plates towards each other? Convergent
What is the movement of the earth's plates when they slide past one another? Transform
What is the movement of the earth's plates away from each other? Divergent
What kind of plate boundary forms a mid-ocean ridge? Divergent
What kind of plate boundary can form mountains, deep sea-trenches, volcanoes, islands? Convergent
What kind of plate boundary forms a rift? Divergent
What kind of plate boundary forms major earthquakes? Transform
A real life landform that is created when two continental crusts collide into each other. Himalayan Mountains, Mt. Everest
A real life landform that is created when an oceanic crusts subducts underneath a continental crust. Mt. Saint Helens (volcano)
Name an island that was formed from a hot spot. Hawaiian Islands
When a plates moves "underneath" another plate? Happens only in convergent boundaries. subduction
When an oceanic and continental plate collide, which plate subducts? Is it the oceanic or continental? Oceanic
Why do oceanic plates always subduct under continetal plates? Oceanic plates are denser
What is a real example of a transform boundary? San Andreas fault
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