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plate tectonics, plate boundaries

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1
The theory that the crust is broken into sections that "float" on the upper mantle is called
plate tectonics
continental drift
crusty plate-tonics
plates of donuts
2
What is happening at B?
ridge push and sea floor spreading
slab pull at subduction zone
Deep ocean trench forming
mantle convection currents
3
at transform boundaries you typically see lots of....
earthquakes
rift valleys
ocean trenches
volcanic island arcs
4
Divergent plate boundaries will form...
Island arcs
deep sea trenches
mountain ranges
mid-ocean ridges
5
Lithospheric plates float on
asthenosphere
the crust
water
taco cheese
6
An example of a continental/continental convergent boundary is...
the Himalayas
the mid-atlantic ridge
the Andes Mountains
the San Andreas Fault
7
What is happening at C
mantle convection
sea floor spreading
slab pull at subduction zone
ridge push at subduction zone
8
The plate boundary between the south american plate and african plate is
convergent
divergent
detergent
a transform
9
at convergent boundaries, plates are
moving together
moving in a circle
moving apart
talking about where to have breakfast
10
Volcanoes typically form at
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
transvergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
11
At divergent plate boundaries...
plates move apart.
the denser plate is forced under the less dense one.
plates grind past each other.
plates collide.
12
The heating, rising, cooling, and sinking flow in the mantle is called....
subduction current
convergent current
conduction current
convection current