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18 Cards in this Set
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What is compression?
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Compression is stress squeezing an object.
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What kind of fault is the San Andreas?
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Strike slip fault
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What do tectonic plates "float" on?
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the asthenosphere
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What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
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A convergent boundary
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What do tectonic plates consist of?
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Both continental and oceanic crust
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What type of boundary are earthquakes associated with?
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transform boundary
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What do scientists use the global positioning system for?
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To measure tectonic plate motion.
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What kind of boundary is formed when plates slide horizontally past each other?
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A transform boundary
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What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
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a boundary
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What is tension?
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Tension is stress pulling an object.
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What can tectonic plates form when they converge?
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Mountains
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Changes in density in the asthenosphere are cause by?
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Thermal energy
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What are subduction zones?
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Continental-oceanic collisions
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What is ridge push?
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Oceanic lithosphere slides downhill due to gravity.
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What is convection?
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Convection is the process of moving layers of rock by heating and cooling.
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What is the most common type of a divergent boundary (when plates are moving away from each other)?
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Mid-ocean ridges
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What is a slab pull?
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Slab pull is when denser oceanic lithosphere sinks beneath continental lithosphere.
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If the Earth's crust is growing at mid-ocean ridges, why doesn't the Earth grow larger?
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The Earth doesn't grow larger because the Earth's crust is part of the rock cycle.
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