9.2 - Plate Movements Flashcards
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What are the Types of Crust
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There are two types of crusts
1) Oceanic Crust: found on the ocean floor generally below sea level
2) Continental Crust: the crust forming the contitnenets and so projects above sea level
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Types of plate Movements?
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1) Diverging
2) Converging
3) Transform
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What are diverging boundaries?
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Where tectonic plates are moving apart from each other in opposite directions.
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What are converging Boundaries?
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When two plates are colliding head-on into each other. There are many variations to the outcomes
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