Plate Tectonics Theory/Earth's waves

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What are the two main types of tectonic plates?

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Oceanic plates and continental plates.

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What type of seismic waves travel only through the surface of the Earth?

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Surface waves.

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Who proposed the theory of Plate Tectonics?

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Alfred Wegener.

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What type of waves can travel through the Earth's inner layers?

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Body waves.

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Which type of plate boundary is most likely to cause earthquakes?

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Transform boundary.

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What is the theory of Plate Tectonics?

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A scientific theory that describes the large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere.

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What are divergent plate boundaries?

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Boundaries where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

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What are convergent plate boundaries?

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Boundaries where two tectonic plates move towards each other.

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What are transform plate boundaries?

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Boundaries where two tectonic plates slide past one another.

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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.