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  • A TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY CREATES EARTHQUAKES AND ______________________.
    FAULT LINES
  • What is causing the plates to move.
    Convection Currents 
  • WHAT IS IT CALLED IN A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE OCEANIC CRUST IS PUSHED INTO THE ASTHENOSPHERE?
    SUBDUCTION ZONE
  • CONVECTION CELLS SINK BECAUSE THE MATERIAL IS _____________ DENSE.
    MORE
  • WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY THAT HAS PLATES SLIDING PAST EACH OTHER?
    TRANSFORM
  • WHAT TWO THINGS MAKE UP THE PLATES?
    1. CRUST 2. LITHOSPHERE
  • WHAT IS THE THEORY CALLED THAT STATES THAT WE HAVE UNDERWATER VOLCANO CHAINS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR?
    THE THEORY OF SEA FLOOR SPREADING
  • WHAT KIND OF PLATE BOUNDARY IS AROUND THE RING OF FIRE CAUSING 50% OF THE WORLD'S VOLCANOS?
    CONVERGENT
  • NAME THE PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER.
    TRANSFORM
  • WHAT IS CREATED FROM SEA FLOOR SPREADING?
    MID OCEAN RIDGES
  • MID OCEAN RIDGES FORM AT WHAT PLATE BOUNDARY?
    DIVERGENT
  • WHAT ARE THE TWO KINDS OF CRUST?
    OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL
  • WHAT IS CREATED WHEN THE SUBDUCTION ZONE MELTS?
    VOLCANO
  • WHAT ARE THE TWO PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT THE OCEAN FLOOR IS PULLING APART?
    1. AGE OF ROCKS 2. MAGNETIC REVERSALS
  • WHEN PLATES CRASH INTO EACH OTHER THE ONE THAT IS MORE __________ WILL SINK.
    DENSE
  • TRUE/FALSE THE PLATES ALL MOVE AT THE SAME RATE.
    FALSE
  • THE DEEPER THAT YOU GO INTO THE MANTLE THE ______________ IT GETS.
    HOTTER
  • CONVECTION CELLS RISE BECAUSE THE MATERIAL IS ______________ DENSE.
    LESS
  • WHAT IS CREATED WHEN TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES CRASH INTO EACH OTHER?
    MOUNTAINS
  • WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY NAME THAT PULLS PLATES APART?
    DIVERGENT
  • WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES SLIDE INTO EACH OTHER?
    CONVERGENT
  • WHAT CREATED THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS?
    HOT SPOT
  • WHAT IS THE THEORY CALLED THAT STATES THAT THE CONTINENTS USED TO BE ONE GIANT SUPER CONTINENT?
    THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
  • WHAT IS CREATED WHEN ONE OCEANIC PLATES CRASH INTO ANOTHER PLATE? YOU WILL FIND THIS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.
    TRENCH
  • THE FACT THAT THE CONTINENTS LOOKS LIKE THEY FIT TOGETHER IS PART OF THE EVIDENCE FOR WHAT THEORY?
    CONTINENTAL DRIFT
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