Geoscience processes

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What causes slow changes to the Earth's surface?

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Wind, Water, Ice, Plate Tectonics.

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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

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Transform, Divergent, Convergent.

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Tectonic Plate Movement is considered:

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Global - Slow Processes.

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Natural processes that happen on Earth are called ____ processes.

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Geoscience.

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What landforms or events happen at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges and Seafloor Spreading.

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What is Geoscience?

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The study of natural processes that occur on Earth.

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What is a tectonic plate?

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A massive slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.

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What happens at convergent boundaries?

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Plates collide, leading to mountain formation or subduction.

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What is seafloor spreading?

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The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges.

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What is erosion?

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The process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface.