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Stewart Plate Tech
Vocab review
Question | Answer |
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What type of plate boundary is most likely to cause an Earthquake? | transfrom boundary |
Which type of boundary builds potential energy as the plates try to move past eachother? | transform boundary |
The plates try to move past eachother in opposite directions in this type of boundary. | transform boundary |
Kenetic energy is released from the fault during this. | Earthquake |
This is a special type of converent boundary where one plate "dives" under the other plate | subduction zone |
This type of crust is thinner and denser | oceanic crust |
This is the plate that "floats" on top at a subduction zone | continential plate |
These are most likely to form at subduction zones | volcanoes |
This is the largest subduction zone on the planet | ring of fire |
These form where two continential plates converge together | mountains |
This is the type of boundary where two plates come together | convergent boundary |
This type of boundary forms when two plates move away from eachother | divergent boundary |
Another word for the divergent boundary in the Atlantic Ocean is: | Sea Floor Spreading |
This is formed at a divergent boundary | ridges of new land |