Plate Tectonics APES

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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 geological features are commonly associated with convergent boundaries?

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Mountains, island arcs, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

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What is the primary result of transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes.

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What occurs at divergent plate boundaries?

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Plates move apart, leading to the formation of new crust, often resulting in mid-ocean ridges.

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What is a locked fault?

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A fault that is stuck due to friction, preventing movement until stress builds up enough to cause an earthquake.

Front

What is the process called when stress overcomes a locked fault?

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Earthquake.

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What type of boundary is characterized by plates sliding past one another?

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Transform plate boundary.

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What is the significance of mid-ocean ridges?

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They are formed at divergent boundaries where new oceanic crust is created.

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How do earthquakes occur at transform boundaries?

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As plates slide past each other, stress builds up until it is released as an earthquake.

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What is subduction, and where does it occur?

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Subduction is the process where one tectonic plate moves under another, occurring at convergent boundaries.