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Physical Geography
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- 1What are the two types of tectonic plates?Oceanic and Continental
- 2What is the Outer Core made of?Iron and nickle
- 3What are the plates doing at a destructive plate boundary?The denser plate (oceanic) is subducted underneath the less denser plate (continental)
- 4Give an example 2 plates at destructive plate boundaryNazca (oceanic) and South American (continental) plates
- 5What is a constructive plate boundary?Plates moving apart
- 6Give an example of plates at a constructive plate boundary.North American and Eurasian
- 7What is happening at a collisional plate boundary?Two plates of similar density ( oceanic and oceanic or continental and continental) are being forced towards each other
- 8Give an example of a plates at a collision plate margin.Eurasian and Indo-Australian
- 9What is a conservative plate boundary?Two plate moving in the same or similar direction at different speeds
- 10Give an example of plates at a conservative plate boundary.Pacific and North American plate
- 11What type of plate boundary are fold mountains formed at?Collision
- 12What type of volcano is formed at a constructive plate boundary?Shield Volcano
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