Plate Tectonics

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What causes the movement of tectonic plates?

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Convection currents in the Asthenosphere.

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Subduction zones occur on Earth where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. These boundaries are characterized by a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, large numbers of earthquakes and volcanoes. All of this is further evidence for the

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theory of plate tectonics.

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What is created by a divergent boundary?

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Mid Atlantic ridge

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Where does one plate slide under another plate?

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subduction zone

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The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

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ring of fire

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Associated with transform boundaries.

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earthquakes

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This land formation occurs at a divergent continental/continental boundary.

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rift valley

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What type of event will occur at this boundary? Options: Earthquake, Volcano Eruption, Tornado, Mountain Building

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Earthquake

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What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

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Convection currents in the mantle

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What type of plate boundary is this? Options: Plate, Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Convergent