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Draw a diagram to show the main features of a destructive plate margin
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A cross section of a destructive plate margin

A cross section of a destructive plate margin

Draw a diagram to show the main features of a destructive plate margin
What is the name of the upper portion of the mantle?
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The asthenosphere

What is the name of the upper portion of the mantle?
What is the structure of the Earth?
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From the centre:

  • Inner core
  • Outer core
  • Mantle
  • Crust
What is the structure of the Earth?
Give two possible reasons why tectonic plates move.
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Convection currents & Slab pull (+ ridge push).
Give two possible reasons why tectonic plates move.
Give an example of two tectonic plates that form a conservative plate margin.
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North American and Pacific plates, Cocos and Nazca plates, Arabian and Indo-Australian plates and the African and Eurasian plates.
Give an example of two tectonic plates that form a conservative plate margin.




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