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18 Cards in this Set
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What happens at a constructive plate margin?
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Two plates move apart
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Which two landforms are formed at constructive plate margins?
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Mid-ocean ridge Rift valley |
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Which two plates are involved in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
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Eurasian and North American plate
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Give an example of a rift valley.
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East African Reef System |
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Where does the East African Rift System stretch to and from? |
Mozambique to the Red Sea
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How long is the East African Reef System?
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4,000km
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Which two plates are diverging in the East African Reef System? |
Nubian and Somalian
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Give two examples of volcanoes found in the East African Rift System.
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Mount Kenya Mount Kilimanjaro |
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What happens at a destructive plate margin?
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Two plates move towards each other
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What happens at a destructive plate margin with one oceanic and one continental crust? What does this form? Give an example. |
The more dense oceanic crust is forced under the less dense continental crust Forms a deep sea trench such as the Peru-Chile trench |
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What also forms where an oceanic and continental plate moves towards each other?
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Fold mountain ranges
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What can from at destructive plate margins between two oceanic plates? Give an example. |
Island arcs- underwater volcanoes shaped as clusters of islands that sit in a curved line Mariana Trench |
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What occurs at destructive plate margins between two continental plates?
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Earthquakes Fold mountain ranges such as the Himalayas |
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What happens at a conservative plate margin? |
Two plates slide past each other |
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Give an example of a conservative plate margin. |
San Andreas Fault |
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Give an example of an oceanic-continental destructive plate margin.
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Nazca and South American plate
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Give an example of an oceanic-oceanic destructive plate margin.
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Pacific and Philippine plate
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Give an example of an oceanic-continental destructive plate margin.
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Indo-Australian and Eurasian
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