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What is one type of crust ?

continental crust

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What is the name of the Plate in Africa ?

African Plate

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What is the name of scientific theory explains why the earth's plates move ?

Plate Tectonics

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Where are tectonic plates located ?

In the crust

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What can plate tectonics cause?

Earthquakes

200

What is another type of crust 

oceanic crust

200

What is the name of the Plates in Europe ?

Eurasian Plate

200

When two plates collide or bump it's called  ?

Convergent Boundaries

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When two plates slide past each other it is called ?

Transform boundaries

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What can happen when two plates collide ?

an earthquake , mountain building or a volcano erupts

300

How many major plates did our class learn ?

12 major plates

300

What is the name of the Plate in Antarctica

Antarctica Plate

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The layer of the Earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle.

Lithosphere

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Can plate tectonic movement be predicted?

Yes

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What can happen when two plates pull apart ?

Seafloor spreading or a volcano erupts

400

What always happens when the earth's plates move ?

An earthquake

400

What is the name of the plate in North America ?

The North American Plate

400

When two plates move apart it's called  ?

divergent boundaries

400

T/F plate tectonics are always moving

True

400

Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes happen ?

In the Ring of Fire

500

True or False there are 30 different tectonic plates 

true

500

What is the name of the plate in the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Plate

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What causes the earth's plates to move ?

convection currents in the mantle

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Where do convection currents, causing plate movement, occur?

Magma flowing in the Asthenosphere

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Where two plates meet is called a ______?

boundary

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