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13 Cards in this Set
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Convergent Boundary |
When two plates collide or come together |
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Subduction |
Movement of one plate under another when they come together. |
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Divergent Boundary |
Forms when two plates diverge, or move away from each other. |
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Transform Boundary |
Where two plates slide past each other |
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Fault |
Forms due to the sliding of two transform boundary plates |
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Mid-Ocean Ridges |
Forms due to divergent boundaries moving away opening the ocean floor to allow |
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Continental/Continental crust come together to form this land feature. |
Folded Mountains |
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Continental/Oceanic crust come together to form this land feature |
Trench and Volcanic Mountains |
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Oceanic/Oceanic crust come together to form this land feature |
Trench and Volcanic Island |
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This theory states that the continents were once joined in a single large landmass that broke apart and drifted to their current locations |
Continental Drift |
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Who stated the theory of continental drift? |
Alfred Wegener |
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Name of all land together |
Pangaea |
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This drives plate tectonics from deep inside the Earth. |
Convection Currents |
