Plate Tectonics

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What is a Divergent Boundary?

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A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, often creating rifts and ocean ridges.

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What is a Convergent Boundary?

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A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other, which can lead to the formation of mountains and other geological features.

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What geological features can form from Convergent Plate Movement?

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Mountains, as the collision of plates pushes the land upwards.

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How do mountains form?

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Mountains form from the collision of tectonic plates.

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What is created by Divergent Plate Movement?

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Rifts and ocean ridges, as the plates pull apart.

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What is a Transform Boundary?

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A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past one another, often causing earthquakes.

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What is Subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another, often leading to volcanic activity.

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What are Ocean Ridges?

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Underwater mountain ranges formed by the movement of tectonic plates at divergent boundaries.

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What are Rifts?

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Deep valleys formed when tectonic plates move apart at divergent boundaries.

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What is the Earth's lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle, divided into tectonic plates.