Plate Tectonics

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What does the Law of Superposition help scientists determine?

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The relative age of rock layers.

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What type of plate boundary are the Himalaya Mountains an example of?

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Continent-to-continent convergent.

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What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

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Transform.

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What causes convection currents in the Earth's mantle?

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Hot magma rises while cool magma sinks.

Front

What is the primary force that causes tectonic plates to move?

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Convection in the mantle.

Front

Define 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 divergent boundary?

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

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.

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What is the result of a transform boundary?

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Plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.

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What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountains or deep ocean trenches.