Mechanics of Plate Tectonics

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What type of currents within the Earth are thought to be responsible for the movement of the lithospheric tectonic plates?

When a tectonic plate made of continental crust collides with another tectonic plate made of continental crust which geologic feature forms?

What type of boundary is it when two adjacent tectonic plates grind past each other in opposite directions?

Describe the plate boundary that exists between India and Asia where an earthquake just occurred in the highest mountains on Earth?

What type of boundary is it when two adjacent tectonic plates move away from each other?

What type of boundary is it when two adjacent tectonic plates move toward each other?

How far do tectonic plates in the lithosphere move each year?

Newly formed land consisting of an arch-shaped island chain is called a(n):