2024 Plate Tectonics

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Name the boundary: convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary, sergent boundary

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divergent boundary

Front

Name the boundary: convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform boundary, sergent boundary

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convergent boundary

Front

Name the boundary

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transform boundary

Front

The red line in the picture is a mid ocean ridge in the Atlantic Ocean. Which way are the plates moving?

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One is moving east and the other is moving west

Front

What forms a mid ocean ridge?

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volcano

Front

The triangles are volcanos, what does this tell us about tectonics in this area?

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The volcanoes are forming island arcs at the convergent plate boundary known as subduction.

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Where do earthquakes, volcanoes, and other tectonic activities tend to occur?

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On the edge of tectonic plates

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Where do folded mountains form?

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convergent boundary

Front

What is shown in the picture?

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Transform boundary with a fault

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What is the evidence to support plate tectonic theory?

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same fossils found on continents that are now separated by oceans