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boundaries that slide PAST EACH OTHER
WHAT ARE transform boundaries
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WHERE MOST VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES OCCUR
What are PLATE BOUNDARIES
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WHICH IS NOT A COMMON AREA FOR VOLCANOES: A OCEAN FLOOR B SUBDUCTION ZONE C MID OCEAN RIDGE D INLAND RIVER
What IS D INLAND RIVER
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AT THE MID-OCEAN RIDGE, THE YOUNGEST ROCK IS:
WHAT IS NEAR THE MIDDLE ( CENTER)
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MID OCEAN RIDGES TYPICALLY FORM WHERE PLATES ARE _______ AND MAGMA RISES UP TO FILL IN THE EMPTY PLACES CREATING NEW SEAFLOOR.
What is DIVERGING ( DIVERGENT)
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WHEN AN OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL PLATE HIT , THE _______ PLATE SINKS DOWN UNDER
What is OCEANIC
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WHICH FEATURE WOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA? A) RIFT VALLEY B) TRANSFORM FAULT C) VOLCANO D) OCEANIC RIDGE
What are volcanoes
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Convection currents in the mantle beneath the Atlantic Ocean have this impact on the size of the ocean basin
What is making the ocean basin wider?
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On a topographic map, the closer the contour lines, the __________the hill
What is steeper?
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when 2 continental pieces of crust collide what is formed?
What are mountains?
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As you go uphill, the elevation number on a topographic map
What is increases
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Most inferences about the Earth's mantle and core are based on these.
What are seismic waves?
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The layer of Earth that is under the most pressure
What IS inner core
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Similar plant and animal fossils found on separate continents is proof of the existence of this super continent
What is PANGAEA ?
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When plate boundaries move what two things result?
What are earthquakes and volcanoes
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When 2 continents collide and have have welded together this is created.
What is a suture zone?
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This type of subduction zones formed the Himalayan mountains?
What is continental - continental
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WHAT ARE THE LINES CALLED ON A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
What are CONTOUR LINES
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SCIENTISTS USE PALEOMAGNETISM TO DETERMINE THE __________WHERE THE ROCK WAS FORMED.
What is LATITUDE
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WHAT TYPE OF CONTINENTAL MARGIN OCCURS ON THE USA EAST COAST?
What is PASSIVE?
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When tectonic plates slide beneath another one
What is subduction
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Subduction stops because the lithosphere is _____________ than mantle
What is less dense
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EARTHS MAGNETIC FIELD IS CAUSED BY THE MOVEMENT OF LIQUID________ FOUND IN OUTER CORE.
What LIQUID IRON
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The change in magnetic fields create "stripes" on the ocean floor at this landform.
What is the MID- OCEAN RIDGE
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THE TERM FOR LAND MASS GROWING DUE TO OCEAN-CONTINENT SUBDUCTION
WHAT IS ACCRETION?