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Vocabulary
Divergent Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
Transform Fault Boundaries
Miscellaneous
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A surface feature produced by the descending plate is? (Definition)
What is the definition of a trench.
100
Usually found along the crests of oceanic ridges.
What is divergent plate boundaries.
100
The denser oceanic plate slides underneath the less dense continental plate, causing a continental volcanic arc.
What is oceanic-continental convergent boundaries.
100
A plate boundary where plates grind pass each other without destroying the lithosphere.
What is transform plate boundaries.
100
What is the largest plate tectonic?
What is the Pacific Plate.
200
Elevation in the seafloor due to well-developed divergent plate boundaries.
What is the definition of oceanic ridge.
200
The process by which plate tectonics produce new oceanic lithosphere.
What is seafloor spreading.
200
When two oceanic plates converge, and the subducting oceanic plate forms underwater volcanoes, which later forms a volcanic island arc.
What is oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries.
200
Where most transform faults are located.
What is ocean basins.
200
50 million years ago India and Asia collided and formed what?
What is the Himalayan Mountains.
300
Occurs when one oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle beneath a second plate.
What is the definition of a subduction zone.
300
A deep faulted structure that is found along the axes of some oceanic ridge segments.
What is a rift valley.
300
Convergent boundaries are also known as?
What is also known as destructive plate margins.
300
An example of a continental transform fault.
What is San Andreas Fault of California.
300
Where did the theory of Pangaea come from?
What is the same fossils found in South America and Africa.
400
Mountains are produced in part by the volcanic activity that is caused by the subduction of oceanic lithosphere.
What is the definition of continental volcanic arc.
400
East African rift valley
What is the largest active continental rift in Africa.
400
Formed when two continental plates converge.
What is mountains.
400
Present about every ________ along a mid-ocean ridge.
What is 100 kilometers.
400
What are the intermediate plates?
What is Caribbean, Nazca, Philippine, Arabian, Cocos, Scotia.
500
A chain of volcanic islands that are formed due to the subduction of one oceanic slab beneath another.
What is the definition of volcanic island arc.
500
The typical rate of seafloor spreading.
What is 5 cm.
500
Destructive plate margins where oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle.
What is subduction zone.
500
The most immediate concern for a moving fault boundary.
What is an earthquake.
500
What are the seven major plates?
What is the North American, South American, Pacific, African, Eurasian, Australian-Indian, Antarctic.