Plate Tectonics

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What is the process called when new seafloor is created as tectonic plates move apart?

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Divergent boundaries.

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What type of plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Himalayan Mountains?

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Convergent boundaries.

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What do we call tectonic plates that move toward each other?

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Convergent plates.

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What is the term for the movement of heat through a fluid?

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Convection.

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What do we call tectonic plates that move away from each other?

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Divergent plates.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where plates move toward each other, often causing one plate to be forced below another.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where plates move away from each other, leading to the formation of new crust.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where plates slide past each other horizontally.

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What geological feature is commonly formed at divergent boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.