Plate Tectonics Review

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What are common as tectonic plates slide past each other at transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes

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At a transform boundary, how do plates move?

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Past each other

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How do the plates move along convergent boundaries?

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They move towards one another

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What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

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Convection currents in the asthenosphere

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What does the theory of Continental Drift explain?

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Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today

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What are tectonic plates?

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

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where plates move towards each other.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where plates slide past each other.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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

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What geological features are formed at convergent boundaries?

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Mountains, trenches, and volcanoes.