Chapter 1 - The Earth Flashcards
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Plate tectonics
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The study of plates movements and their effects - folding, faulting, earthquakes and volcanoes
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Plates that collide, separate and slide past each other
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Collide - African and Eurasian
Separate - African and South American
Slide past - North American and Pacific
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Plate boundaries
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The lines or edges where plates meet
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What causes the plates to move
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The magma in the mantle causes hot currents to rise up and this causes the plates to move
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Plates collide
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Fold mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes
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Plates separate
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Mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, earthquakes
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Plates slide past
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Earthquakes