Chapter 3 ~ Plate Tectonics 🌍🧩 Q2 Review

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What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

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Transform boundary.

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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory of continental drift?

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Continents and fossils fitting together, glacier scars, mountain ranges lining up across continents.

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Why did peer scientists reject Wegener’s hypothesis?

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He did not explain how continents move and what moves them.

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

Back

Convergent boundary.

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What are chains of undersea mountains called?

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Mid-Ocean Ridges.

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What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move apart?

Back

Divergent boundary.

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What is the process called when one tectonic plate is forced under another?

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Subduction.

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What geological features are commonly formed at convergent boundaries?

Back

Mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.

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What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.

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

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Transform boundary.