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GAME PLATE BOUNDARIES

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  • In which type of boundary are plates moving towards each other?
    Convergent boundaries
  • What two types of plates must meet in a convergent boundary to result in subduction of one plate and the forming of volcanoes on the overriding plate?
    Oceanic plate-continental plate
  • IDENTIFY THE GIVEN PLATE BOUNDARY
    TRANSFORM
  • What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide horizontally against each other?
    Transform boundaries
  • What type of landform occurs when a subducted oceanic plate reaches the asthenosphere and begins to melt?
    VOLCANO
  • IDENTIFY THE GIVEN PLATE BOUNDARY
    DIVERGENT
  • What two types of plates must meet in a convergent boundary to result in mountains forming?
    Continental plate-continental plate (OR plates of the same density coming together and pushing each other up)
  • In which type of boundary are plates moving away from each other?
    Divergent boundaries
  • Which two types of plates must meet in a convergent boundary to result in subduction of one plate and underwater volcanic activity?
    Oceanic plate-oceanic plate
  • IDENTIFY THIS PLATE BOUNDARIES
    CONVERGENT