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Landforms and Plate Tectonics — Homework
Answer in complete sentences. For each boundary type, be specific about what happens to the crust, not just the earthquake or volcano risk.
- 1.Name the three types of tectonic plate boundaries and, for each, say whether crust is created, destroyed, or neither.
- 2.Explain why the Himalayas formed as tall fold mountains rather than a chain of volcanoes, even though India collided with Eurasia.
- 3.What type of boundary runs along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and what is happening there?
- 4.Why does the San Andreas Fault produce frequent earthquakes without building new mountains or trenches?
- 5.If a tectonic plate moves about 4 centimeters per year, roughly how many meters would it move in 1,000 years?
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