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Plate Tectonics
How
many lithospheric plates are there
on the earth?
There
are 10 plates
What
kind of rock are the oceanic
plates made of?
Basalt
What
two kinds of rock are the
continental plates made of?
Granite
and Andesite
Which
type of plate is more dense?
The
Oceanic Plates
What
kind of plate boundary is
found between two plates that are
separating?
Divergent
Plate Boundary
What
kind of plate boundary is found
where two plates collide?
Convergent
plate boundary
What
kind of plate boundary is found
where two plates slide past each other?
Transform
Fault Boundary
When
an oceanic plate meets a
continental plate, which one will subduct
and why?
 The
oceanic plate will subduct below the
continental plate because it has more density
then the continental plate.
What
kind of geological formation
happens at a divergent plate boundary?
Mid-ocean
ridge
What
kind of geological formation
happens at a convergent plate boundary?
A Trench
When
two continents collide, what type
of geological formation will result?
A mountain
range
What
mountain range was formed
when Indo-Australian plate collided
with the Eurasian plate about 20
million years ago?

The Himalayas
Where
is the newest crust
on the earth found?
At
the mid-ocean ridges
What
kind of event happens when two
plates slide past each other at a
transform fault boundary?
Earthquake
What
is the transform fault
boundary that is located between the
Pacific Plate and the North American
Plate in California?
The
San Andreas
Fault
How does studying fossils help us to
support the theory of
continental drift?
Since fossils of the same animals exist
on different continents, it tells us that
the continents were once connected.