Geography-Unit1A-Tectonic Plates

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What are the two types of crust plates can be made of?
oceanic or continental
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What are the differences between the two?
oceanic is thinner and more dense

continental is thicker and less dense
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Plates move due to what?
convection currents in the mantle
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What are the three types of plate margins?
destructive
constructive
conservative
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DESTRUCTIVE
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There are two types.
What is the first?
subduction
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This is where an _______ plates meets a ________ plate and the _______plate is subducted?
an oceanic plate meets a continental plate and the oceanic plate is subducted
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This creates what two things?
volcanoes and ocean trenches
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The second type is where what two plates meet?
continental
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This creates what?
fold mountains
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CONSTRUCTIVE
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This is where two plates?
move away from each other
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Due to this _______ rises from the ______ to _____ the gaps and then _____ creating new crust?
magma rises from the mantle to fill the gaps and then cools creating new crust
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CONSERVATIVE
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This is where two plates?
move sideways past each other or in the same direction
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Crust is not?
created or destroyed
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What are the differences between the two?

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oceanic is thinner and more dense

continental is thicker and less dense

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Plates move due to what?

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Card 4

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What are the three types of plate margins?

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Card 5

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DESTRUCTIVE
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There are two types.
What is the first?

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