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

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