Plate Margins Flashcards
Give an example of two tectonic plates that form a conservative plate margin.
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North American and Pacific plates, Cocos and Nazca plates, Arabian and Indo-Australian plates and the African and Eurasian plates.
Give an example of two tectonic plates that form a conservative plate margin.
Give 2 characteristics of continental crust.
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- Less dense than oceanic crust
- Thicker than oceanic crust
- Lighter than oceanic crust
- Forms the Earth’s continents
- Older than oceanic crust
Give 2 characteristics of continental crust.
Identify the type of volcano that form on destructive plate margins
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Composite volcano
Identify the type of volcano that form on destructive plate margins
Identify the two types of tectonic crust.
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Oceanic and continental crust
Identify the two types of tectonic crust.
Give 2 characteristics of oceanic crust.
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- More dense than continental crust
- Heavier than continental crust
- Younger than continental crust
- Thinner than continental crust.
Give 2 characteristics of oceanic crust.
