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What is the process by which large plates move across Earth's surface?
convection currents
Who proposed the theory that seafloor spreading causes tectonic plates to move?
Harry Hess
What type of plate boundary forms when seafloor spreading creates a mid-ocean ridge?
divergent
What crustal feature forms when two oceanic plates meet?
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What is the likely result of one plate moving under another?
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What is the result of the convergence of two continental plates?
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What occurs when two continental crusts converge?
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Where would volcanic activity be most likely to occur based on the map?
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What happens to the two continental plates as they push against each other?
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Where would folded mountains likely occur based on the map?
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Do all converging boundaries result in a subduction zone?
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