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Layer of rock that forms the continents.
Continental Crust
What causes the hotter magma to rise
Convection Currents
Are convergent boundaries with ocean/ocean plates a subduction zone?
Yes
What type of plate boundary separates from each other?
Divergent
What type of plate boundary moves toward each other?
Convergent
What causes plates to move?
Convection currents
What type of plate boundary causes the plates to grind back and forth against each other?
Transform
What is the Lithosphere?
Earth's outer crust; where the solid upper mantle meets the crust
What is the asthenosphere?
The upper mantle
What is the crustal feature formed when two oceanic plate boundaries meet?
volcanic island arc
What is the likely result of an ocean plate moving below the continental crust?
A volcano
What is a subduction zone?
When one plate goes underneath another plate
What is plate tectonic theory?
Earth’s crust is divided into several plates that glide over the earth’s mantle
When 2 continental plates converge, what geographical feature is created?
Mountains
What is the only plate boundary that does not involve magma?
Transform boundary
What geographical feature do divergent boundaries create?
Rift Valleys OR Mid-Ocean Ridge (either answer acceptable)
