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100
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What is divergent?
100
How do we know what Earth is made of?
What are geophysical surveys?
100
The Earth's crust is divided into __ plates.
What is 12?
100
_______ is an example of continental rifting.
What is Iceland?
100
The ___________ makes up the tectonic plates.
What is lithosphere?
200
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What is convergent?
200
The word _______ refers to th deformation of the cfrust as a consequence of plate interaction.
What is tectonic?
200
What is rigid lithosphere made of?
What is the crust and the upper part of the mantle?
200
The continental crust is _______ (less dense than the oceanic crust).
What is buoyant?
200
Divergent boundaries have _________ ridges.
What is spreading?
300
Draw a representation of a transform plate boundary.
What is Mr. Salerno's approval
300
How thick is the continental crust?
What is 10-70km?
300
What lies beneath the tectonic plates?
What is the asthenosphere?
300
Iceland has a _________ plate boundary running through its middle.
What is divergent?
300
Each type of interaction between plates causes a characteristic set of Earth's structures or "tectonic" features. Name 4.
What are canyons, trenches, volcanoes, mountain ranges, valleys, and earthquakes?
400
Draw a representation of a subduction plate boundary.
What is Mr. Salerno's approval
400
When the Earth's crust is divided into 12 major plates which are moved in various directions, it is called _____ _________.
What is plate tectonics?
400
"Plates" of lithosphere are moved around by what?
What is the underlying hot mantle convection cells?
400
The oceanic crust is _____ (sinks under continental crust).
What is dense?
400
The continental crust is ___ (the opposite of young).
What is old?
500
Divergent boundaries: As plates move apart, new material is erupted to ___ ___ ___.
What is fill the gap?
500
The motion of ______ in various directions causes them to collide, pull apart, or scrape against each other.
What are plates?
500
What do convergent plate boundaries create?
What are mountains and volcanoes?
500
The oceanic crust is thin (about _ km)
What is 7?
500
What is the SI unit of pressure?
What is pascal?
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