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Geography Tectonics
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- 1Name the layers of the earths crust?
- 2What is the mantle made from?*Semi molten rock called magma.
*The upper parts of the mantle rock is hard but lower down it begins to get softer and melt. - 3What is the liquid layer made from?*Nickle and iron.
- 4What is the name of the hottest part of the earth?*The inner core is the hottest part of the earth.
- 5Define subduction?*The sinking of the oceanic crust at the destructive plate margin.
- 6Define collision?*It is the meeting of 2 plates of continental crust. They are both the same type, so they meet and buckle.
- 7Which way does the constructive plate margin move?
- 8What direction does the conservative plate margin travel?The plate moves side by side.
- 9What causes a destructive plate margin?*A destructive subduction plate boundary is found where a continental plate meets an oceanic plate.
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- Flashcards on Geography Tectonics, created by Zara Kanani on 05/11/2014.
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