Plate tectonics review

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Evidence for Plate Tectonics: Discovery in South America and Africa

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Fossil remains of the same land-dwelling animal were found on each continent.

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Earthquakes in California are related to tectonic plates because of:

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two tectonic plates sliding past each other.

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Wegener's hypothesis: continents were once a single landmass. Data he couldn't collect due to technological limitations?

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Ages of deep-ocean rocks indicate seafloor spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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Formation of the Himalayan Mountain Chain:

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The Indo-Australian Plate is moving toward the Eurasian Plate.

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What type of boundary creates a rift valley?

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Divergent

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A transform boundary is where one tectonic plate slides past another.

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Frequent earthquakes occur.

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Evidence for Plate Tectonic Theory: As you move away from the mid-ocean ridge, what happens to the age of the rocks?

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The rocks get older.

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Folded mountains form at which type of plate boundary?

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Convergent

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What is the geologic feature at a mid-ocean ridge?

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Volcano

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The map shows the locations of four Caribbean volcanoes.

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The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary.