Plate Tectonics Review

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Who proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1911?

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Wegener

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How did scientists determine the locations of plate boundaries?

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Earthquake epicenters outline the plates.

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What is the process called when the denser oceanic plate plunges beneath the continental plate?

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Subduction

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What device is used to map seafloor bathymetry by determining depth with sound?

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Echo sounder.

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What is the movement of two plates at a deep-sea trench?

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Towards each other.

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

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Plate tectonics.

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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

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Divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries.

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What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What is the result of two continental plates colliding?

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Mountain ranges.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where two plates slide past each other.