Plate Margins Flashcards
What is the lithosphere?
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The rigid layer formed by the crust and upper mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
Some volcanoes occur in the middle of plates. What are these known as?
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Volcanic hotspots
Some volcanoes occur in the middle of plates. What are these known as?
Identify the two types of tectonic crust.
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Oceanic and continental crust
Identify the two types of tectonic crust.
Give two possible reasons why tectonic plates move.
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Convection currents & Slab pull (+ ridge push).
Give two possible reasons why tectonic plates move.
Where in the world are the majority of the Earth’s volcanoes and earthquakes found?
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The majority of the Earth’s volcanoes and earthquakes occur around the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Where in the world are the majority of the Earth’s volcanoes and earthquakes found?
