7.2.5 Plate Tectonics

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What are plate tectonics?

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The theory that explains the movement of the Earth's lithosphere, which is divided into tectonic plates.

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Where are earthquakes and volcanoes generally located?

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At the edges of plate boundaries.

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What causes tectonic plates to move?

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Convection currents in the Earth's mantle.

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What is a tectonic plate?

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A piece of the Earth's crust that moves and interacts with other plates.

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What happens when two tectonic plates slam into each other?

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They can create continental mountains.

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What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A type of plate boundary where two plates collide.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.