Plate Tectonics

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What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

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Transform boundary.

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What geologic process formed the Himalayas?

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Two continental plates converging.

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What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

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Convection currents in the mantle.

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What will happen to Los Angeles and San Francisco in the future due to the San Andreas Fault?

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They will be side by side somewhere between their current positions.

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Why does the atmosphere sit on top of the crust?

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The atmosphere is less dense than the crust.

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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 two plates collide.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move apart.

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What is a transform fault?

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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

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What is subduction?

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