EXERCISE 2.1: Recognizing Plates and Plate Boundaries – Flashcards

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What is the name of the plate on which the United States resides?
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North American Plate
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Does this plate consist of continental lithosphere, oceanic lithosphere, or both?
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Both continental and oceanic lithosphere
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The lithosphere of the Atlantic Ocean forms at the boundary between which two plates?
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North American and Eurasian
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What kind of plate boundary occurs along the west coast of South America?
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Convergent
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The west coast of Africa is a plate boundary.
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False
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