Plate Tectonics

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What is the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor?

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Sea-floor spreading

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What was the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago?

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Pangaea

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What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Rift Valley

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What type of geological event is commonly associated with transform boundaries?

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Earthquake

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What geological feature is produced by rising magma from subduction zones?

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Volcanic island arcs

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What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

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Divergent, Convergent, and Transform boundaries

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What occurs at a convergent boundary?

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Subduction or mountain building

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What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

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Plate tectonics

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What is the significance of the Ring of Fire?

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It is an area with a high level of tectonic activity, including earthquakes and volcanoes.

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What is a tectonic plate?

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A large slab of Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.

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