Plate Tectonics Review

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What do oceanic and continental convergent plate boundaries form?

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Deep-oceanic trenches and volcanoes.

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What is the process called that involves the formation of new areas of oceanic crust through the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges?

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Sea-Floor Spreading.

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What is the term for the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface?

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Earthquake.

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What is a volcanically active area of the Earth's surface that is far from a tectonic plate boundary called?

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Hot Spot.

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What is the term for when one tectonic plate goes under another?

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Subduction.

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What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

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Convergent, Divergent, and Transform boundaries.

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What geological feature is commonly associated with divergent plate boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges.

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What is the primary cause of earthquakes?

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The movement of tectonic plates.

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What is the significance of a hot spot in geology?

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It can create volcanic islands as tectonic plates move over it.

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What happens at transform plate boundaries?

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Plates slide past each other, causing friction and earthquakes.