Plate Tectonics

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What happens to divergent plates?

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Divergent plates move away from each other.

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What type of boundary is found along the San Andreas fault in California?

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Transform boundary.

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What type of crust subducts under another plate to form volcanoes?

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Oceanic crust.

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What feature is formed when two oceanic plates collide?

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Volcanic island arc.

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What happens to convergent plates?

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Convergent plates move towards each other.

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What is a tectonic plate?

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A large, rigid piece of the Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.

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What is subduction?

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

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What is a mid-ocean ridge?

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An underwater mountain range formed by divergent tectonic plates.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A boundary where two tectonic 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 many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.