Plate Margins Flashcards

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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.
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 two types of tectonic crust.
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Oceanic and continental crust

Identify the two types of tectonic crust.
Draw a diagram to show the main features of a destructive plate margin
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A cross section of a destructive plate margin

A cross section of a destructive plate margin

Draw a diagram to show the main features of a destructive plate margin
Give an example of two tectonic plates that form a destructive plate margin
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Pacific and the Eurasian plate, Nazca and South American plate, Philippines and Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian and Pacific plate.
Give an example of two tectonic plates that form a destructive plate margin




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