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Plate Boundaries
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The crust beneath the oceans that is primarily made up of basalt is called ________________. | Oceanic Crust |
| The crust that forms the continents that is primarily made up of granite is called _______________ . | Continental crust |
| A break in the Earth's crust where slabs of rock slip past each other is called a ____________ . | fault |
| What is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other? | divergent boundary |
| What is the theory that pieces of earths lithosphere are in constant currents in the mantle? | Plate Tectonics |
| What is a plate boundary were two plates move past each other in opposite directions? | transform boundary |
| A _______ is when a deep valley that forms were two plates move apart. | A rift valley |
| The process of ______________ is where a denser plate sinks below another less-dense plate at a convergent boundary. | subduction |
| The undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent boundary is called a _______________. | mid-ocean ridge |
| What is a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other? | convergent boundary |
| The lithosphere is broken up into huge separate sections called _____________. | plates |
| Rift valleys form at ___________________ boundaries on the continent | divergent |
| Earthquakes usually form near ____________________ boundaries | transform |
| Deep-ocean trenches usually form at _________________ boundaries | convergent |
| The force that drives plate tectonics is ________________. | convection currents in the mantle |
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