Tectonics

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  • Created by: MCcurry3
  • Created on: 05-01-17 17:08
Crust
The outer layer of the Earth
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Plate
A section of the Earth's crust
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Plate Margin
The boundary where two plates meet
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Mantle
The dense, mostly solid layer between the outer core and the crust
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Compressional/Destructive Boundary
Two plates moving towards each other
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Tensional/Constructive boundary
Two plates moving away from each other
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Oceanic crust
Made of extrusive igneous rock so is more dense than continental crust
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Continental crust
Made of intrusive igneous rock so is less dense than oceanic crust
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Caldera
A collapsed super volcano
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Super Volcano
1000 times bigger than normal volcano
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Card 2

Front

A section of the Earth's crust

Back

Plate

Card 3

Front

The boundary where two plates meet

Back

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Card 4

Front

The dense, mostly solid layer between the outer core and the crust

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Two plates moving towards each other

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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