Plate Tectonics and Boundaries

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What is the only event associated with transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes

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The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a ....

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Convergent Boundary

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

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Pull apart

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Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

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Transform

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Which geologic process formed the Himalayan mountains?

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Convergent boundary collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

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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 plate boundary where two plates move towards each other, often causing one plate to be forced below the other.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, creating new crust as magma rises to the surface.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other horizontally.

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What geological features are commonly formed at convergent boundaries?

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Mountains, deep ocean trenches, and volcanic arcs.