Plate Tectonics Review

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What is the boundary where plates collide?

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Convergent boundary.

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What type of boundary forms mountain ranges?

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Convergent boundary.

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What type of plate boundary involves plates sliding past each other?

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Transform boundary.

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What is a large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake?

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Tsunami.

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What type of boundary is characterized by plates moving apart?

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Divergent boundary.

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What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountain ranges.

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What happens at a transform boundary?

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Plates slide past each other.

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What is the term for the process of one plate being forced under another?

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Subduction.

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What is the result of two continental plates colliding?

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Formation of mountain ranges.

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What type of boundary is associated with earthquakes?

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Transform boundary.