Tectonic Plates Flashcards

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1
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An oceanic plate going under a continental plate where it melts in the mantle

A

Subduction

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2
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The four layers of the Earth?

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Core + Mantle + Outer Core + Inner Core

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3
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Where is the lithosphere?

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Crust + Upper Mantle

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4
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Evidence that leads to continental drift?

A

Fossils + Rock Formations + Fitting Together

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5
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Who predicted continental drift?

A

Alfred Wegener

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6
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The plates move towards each other

A

Converging

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7
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The plates move apart from each other

A

Diverging

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8
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The plates slide past one another

A

Transform

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9
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Volcanoes + Mountains

A

Converging

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10
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Trenches

A

Converging

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11
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Rifts

A

Diverging

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12
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New Crust

A

Diverging

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13
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Earthquakes

A

Transform

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14
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Convergent plates crashing together and causing a subduction zone with a lot of pressure

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Tsunami

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15
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Transform boundaries sliding past each other and getting stuck

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Earthquakes

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16
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Magnetic striping is when the new crust is made by the magma that comes up. The iron minerals in the magma (magnetite) will cool and match the magnetic orientation.

A

Magnetic Striping

17
Q

Creates the world’s magnetic field

A

Outer Core