plate tectonics review

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What type of event occurs at a transform boundary?

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Earthquake

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Which plate subducts when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?

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Oceanic plate

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What type of plate boundary can form islands from magma?

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Convergent plate boundary

Front

What was the main idea of Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

Back

The continents were once joined together in a single landmass.

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What is the San Andreas Fault an example of?

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Transform fault

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What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

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Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary?

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Mountains or volcanic arcs.

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What happens at a divergent boundary?

Back

Plates move apart, creating new crust.

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What is subduction?

Back

The process where one plate moves under another plate.

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What is the Ring of Fire?

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A region in the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanoes occur.