plate tectonics review

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What type of event occurs at a convergent boundary?

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Earthquake, Volcano Eruption, Mountain Building.

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What is the main idea of Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

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The continents were once joined together in a single landmass.

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What hypothesis explains the movement of tectonic plates?

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Continental drift.

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Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A tectonic boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What geological feature is commonly formed at convergent boundaries?

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Mountains and volcanoes.

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What is the significance of the mid-ocean ridge?

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It is a divergent boundary where new oceanic crust is formed.

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What is subduction?

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

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact.