Plate Tectonics

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What is the average rate at which the Atlantic Ocean widens each year?

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3-5 centimeters.

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What type of boundary is found along the San Andreas fault in California?

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Transform boundary.

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What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

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Convection currents in the Asthenosphere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What type of boundary is characterized by plates moving towards each other?

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Convergent boundary.

Front

What type of boundary creates folded mountains?

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Continental-continental convergent boundary.

Front

What is the layer of the Earth where convection currents occur that drive plate tectonics?

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Asthenosphere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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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 feature is commonly formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What is the primary force driving plate tectonics?

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Heat from the Earth's interior.

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What happens at a convergent boundary between an oceanic plate and a continental plate?

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Subduction occurs, leading to the formation of trenches.

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