Plate Boundaries

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What is a transform boundary?

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A transform boundary is a type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.

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What is a plate boundary?

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The area where two or more tectonic plates meet.

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What geologic feature is commonly found at a divergent boundary?

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Rift Valley.

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What happens at convergent boundaries?

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Plates move towards one another, often causing one plate to be forced beneath another.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A boundary where tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What is a convergent boundary?

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A boundary where tectonic plates collide or move towards each other.

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What is a transform fault?

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A fault that occurs at a transform boundary where two plates slide past each other.

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What is the Ring of Fire?

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A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

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What is a fault?

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A fracture in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred.

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What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?

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An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics at a divergent boundary.