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Vocabulary words from our Tectonic Plates Lesson

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Name this Term: Plate boundary where the plates slide past each other

Convergent boundary

Divergent boundary

Transform boundary

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Name this Term: Plate boundary where the plates move apart

Divergent boundary

Convergent boundary

Transform boundary

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Name this Term: Plate boundary where the plates collide

Transform boundary

Divergent boundary

Convergent boundary

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When one tectonic plate is pushed beneath another plate, it is called:

Subduction

Earthquake

Seismic waves

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What the ground is shaking, it is called an:

Earthquake

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When we measure Earthquakes, we measure:

how long they last for

Their Seismic waves

how much damage the earthquake does

where they hit

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The point on the Earth's surface directly above the earthquake is called its:

Seismic Waves

Subduction

Epicenter

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Sections of the Earth's surface that move-- these sections can include both continental and oceanic crust

Tectonic Plates

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Where Tectonic Plates meet is called:

Plate boundaries

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True or False, Oceanic Crust is thinner than Continental Crust

True

False

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True or False, Continental Crust is thinner than Oceanic Crust

False

True

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When 2 oceanic plates move apart from each other, it is called

Seafloor Spreading

An earthquake

Oceanic Crust movement

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Area found in the Pacific Ocean that is home to 75 percent of worlds volcanoes.

Ring of Fire

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