Describe the Wilson Cycle, beginning with continental rifting, ocean basin creation, plate subduction, and ending with ocean basin closure.Explain transform boundaries as places where adjacent plates shear past each other.Identify divergent boundaries, including rifts and mid-ocean ridges, as places where plates separate.Identify convergent boundaries, including subduction and collisions, as places where plates come together.Explain how movement at the three types of plate boundaries causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building.Describe the physical and chemical layers of the Earth and how they affect plate movement.Describe how the ideas behind plate tectonics started with Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift.2 Plate TectonicsĪt the end of this chapter, students should be able to: ![]() ![]() A layer of shallow ocean limestone (white) has been brought to the top of a mountain by the convergent forces of the Sevier Orogeny. Announcement: Chapter quizzes are not working as of summer 2023.
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