Tectonic Boundaries Flashcards

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What is a divergent boundary also known as

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Rift zone, Rift Valley, mid ocean ridge

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What is a transform boundary also known as

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Strike slip fault

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3 types of convergent boundaries

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Cont/cont
Cont/oceanic
Oceanic/oceanic

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What 4 things happen at convergent boundaries

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Subduction, volcanoes, folded mountains, ocean trenches

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What 5 things happen at divergent boundaries

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Volcanoes, rift valleys, rift zones, mid ocean ridge, fault block mountains

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What 2 things happen at transform boundaries

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Earthquakes, strike slip faults

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In convergent boundaries what happens to the crust

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Some crust destroyed

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In transform boundaries what happens to the crust

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Crust is neither created or destroyed

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In divergent boundaries what happens to the crust

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Crust is created

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Example of oceanic continental convergent boundary

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Aleutian Islands in Alaska

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Example of Continental Continental convergent boundary

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Himalaya Mountains

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Example of a continental oceanic convergent boundaries

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Andes Mountains

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Example of transform boundary

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San Andreas Fault

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Example of divergent boundary

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African Rift Valley and mid ocean ridges

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