Physical Geography

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Ring of Fire: Known for?

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Volcanoes and earthquakes.

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Effects of convergent plates:

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Creation of mountain ranges like the Rockies.

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Cause of Africa's Great Rift Valley, similar to the Atlantic Ocean's sea floor spreading:

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Divergent plates.

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Summer in Australia occurs simultaneously with winter in North America because...

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The earth tilts the southern hemisphere towards the sun.

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Mount Kilimanjaro illustrates that low latitudes can be cold at high elevations due to thinner air.

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Even low latitudes get cold at higher elevations because thinner air holds less heat.

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Formation of the Grand Canyon

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Mainly by water erosion.

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Earthquakes on the ocean floor can cause a:

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Tsunami

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Formation of river deltas

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Build up of sediments at the mouth of a river or large body of water.

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Boundary where tectonic plates move apart, creating new crust.

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Divergent

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Type of plate boundary:

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Convergent