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Identify a massive piece of the Earth's outer shell

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Identify a massive piece of the Earth's outer shell

by Rachael
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I am a vast slab of rock, part of the crust and upper mantle, yet I am not fixed. I drift, collide, and grind with my neighbors, riding on a sea of hot, rising flow beneath. What am I?

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Boundaries between me and my neighbors cause earthquakes and volcanoes.

Movements are powered by heat coming from beneath.

I am a large piece of the Earth's outer layer.

2

I am a process where one of the ocean floors slips under another, forming a deep trench and a chain of volcanic activity along the edge. What am I called?

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Melting of the sinking plate in the mantle helps form volcanic activity along the boundary.

In this process, the sinking plate often creates a deep trench.

I occur at plate boundaries when an oceanic plate meets another plate.

3

I rise along the edge where one ocean floor slips beneath another, a curved line of fire marching across the sea. Volcanoes cradle my path, and I hug a trench as continents collide. What am I called?

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The term for this curved chain of volcanic islands is a widely studied feature formed by subduction, ending with an “arc”.

The chain runs roughly parallel to an ocean trench.

I form at subduction zones where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.

4

I am the process by which new ocean crust forms as tectonic plates part ways at a crack in the ocean floor. What am I?

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It helps explain the age pattern of ocean floors and the symmetry of magnetic stripes across ridges.

Magma rises to fill gaps and pushes plates apart as it cools.

I occur mainly along mid-ocean ridges where oceanic plates separate.

 
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