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Knipp - plate tectonics
p.281 - understanding plate tectonics
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Geology
7th Grade
12/08/2009

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the Hawaiian islands are on what plate?
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Pacific plate
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what type of boundary separates Arabia from Asia?
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convergent boundary
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what type of boundary is found between Israel and Saudi Arabia?
Definition
transform boundary
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Madagascar is found on which plate?
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African plate
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What direction is the Nazca plate moving?
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east
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What type of boundary is found SW of Indonesia?
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convergent boundary
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The mid-Atlantic Ridge is what type of boundary?
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divergent
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What type of boundary is found in southern California?
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transform
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What type of convergent boundary is found off the coast of Chile?
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subduction
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What type of convergent boundary is found where India meets Asia?
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continental collision
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Norway is found on which plate?
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Euroasian plate
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What is the name of the small plate found off of the coast of British Columbia?
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Juan de Fuca plate
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what is the name of the small plate found off of the west coast of Costa Rica?
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Cocos plate
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What is the plate found south of Japan?
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Philippine plate
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Which type of plate is denser? continental or oceanic?
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oceanic
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New Zealand is found in which two plates?
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Pacific and Indo-Australian plates
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What type of boundary goes right throught the middle of New Zealand?
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convergent boundary
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Iceland is found along what type of boundary?
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divergent (mid-Atlantic ridge)
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What is the name of the small plate found in the very southern Atlantic Ocean?
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Scotia plate
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The Bering Strait is part of which plate?
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North American plate
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Mexico is part of which plate?
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North American plate
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What type of boundary separates Turkey and Syria?
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convergent boundary
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Baja California is found on what plate?
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Pacific plate
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seafloor spreading is found at what type of boundary?
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divergent boundary
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What type of boundary is found between Cuba and Jamaica?
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transform boundary
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What type of boundary is found in Pakistan?
Definition
transform boundary
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India is part of which plate?
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Indo-Australian plate
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a type of boundary where two plates move towards each other
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convergent boundary
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type of boundary where two plates move apart
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divergent boundary
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type of boundary where two plates slide by each other
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transform boundary
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