Plate Tectonics

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What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

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Convection currents in the Asthenosphere.

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What is the place where two tectonic plates come together called?

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Convergent boundary.

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What type of plate boundary is formed by the movement of a fault?

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Transform boundary.

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What type of plate boundary forms ocean ridges?

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Divergent boundary.

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What causes convection currents in the Earth's mantle?

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Hot magma rises while cool magma sinks.

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What is a tectonic plate?

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A large, rigid slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.

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What is the Asthenosphere?

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The semi-fluid layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere where convection currents occur.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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

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What geological features are commonly associated with convergent boundaries?

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Mountains, deep ocean trenches, and volcanic arcs.