Plate Tectonics IO

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What is a rift valley?

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A valley formed by the separation of continental crust.

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What is a deep ocean trench?

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A valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate subducts under another.

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What is a plate boundary?

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The place where two tectonic plates meet.

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In which direction would the next Hawaiian island form from the current islands?

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Southeast (SE).

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How often does plate tectonics occur?

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Plate tectonics is occurring constantly.

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What is a tectonic plate?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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What is subduction?

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

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What is an oceanic ridge?

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An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.

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What is the asthenosphere?

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The semi-fluid layer of the mantle on which tectonic plates float.

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What is continental drift?

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The theory that continents have moved over geological time to their current locations.