Plate Tectonics

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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

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Divergent, Convergent, and Transform boundaries.

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What geological activity is commonly associated with transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes.

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What was Alfred Wegener's hypothesis about the movement of continents called?

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The Theory of Continental Drift.

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What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

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Fossils of the same plants and animals found on different continents.

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What is the primary force driving the movement of tectonic plates?

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Convection currents in the Earth's mantle.

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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed over 300 million years ago?

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Pangea.

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What happens at divergent boundaries?

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Tectonic plates move apart, leading to the formation of new crust.

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What geological features are commonly formed at convergent boundaries?

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Mountains, deep ocean trenches, and volcanic arcs.

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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?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and is forced into the mantle.

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