
Plate Tectonics
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- Q1is the process by which denser oceanic lithosphere sinks back into the asthenosphere to melt and become magmaSubduction30s
- Q2a chain of mountain ranges (longest chain in the world) on the ocean floor where new oceanic crust formsMid-Ocean Ridge30s
- Q3A circulation pattern in which material is heated and rises in one area, then cools and sinks in another area, flowing in a continuous loopConvection Currents30s
- Q4region below the lithosphere on which the tectonic plates moveasthenosphere30s
- Q5huge moving slabs of solid rocktectonic plates30s
- Q6Crust and the uppermost part of the mantle (tectonic plates)lithosphere30s
- Q7theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic platesPlate Tectonic Theory30s
- Q8a place where two tectonic plates meetboundary30s
- Q9the boundary formed by the collision of two tectonic plates (lithosphere)Convergent boundary30s
- Q10the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each otherDivergent Boundary30s
- Q11the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other in opposite directionsTransform boundary30s
- Q12the process by which the shape of a rock changes because of stressdeformation30s
- Q13the surface along which rocks break and slide past each otherfaults30s
- Q14Form at Continental-Continental Convergent Plate Boundaries when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upwardFolded mountains30s
- Q15Usually forms at Continental- Oceanic Convergent Plate Boundaries where oceanic crust sinks into the asthenosphere at subduction zonesVolcanic Mountains30s