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Plate Tectonics Review
1. The Theory of Plate Tectonics combines Continental Drift with the processes
of ____________________ & ____________________.
2. Lithospheric Plates includes the two types of crust (______________ or
_______________) and the upper rigid part of the mantle.
3. Oceanic Crust is ____________________________________.
4. Continental Crust is _____________________________________.
5. Plate Boundaries: What are the types of movement along the boundaries?
a. Divergent Boundary –
b. Convergent Boundary –
c. Transform (Strike-slip) Boundary –
6. Landforms: What landforms are created from each situation?
a. oceanic crust subducted under continental crust:
b. oceanic crust subducted under oceanic crust:
c. continental crust collides with continental crust:
d. sea floor spreading:
7. What causes the lithospheric plates to move on the asthenosphere?
8. What is a convection current?
9. What causes convection currents?