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  • What type of boundary moves towards each other?
    Convergent
  • What is the movement of sinking plates called?
    subduction
  • What type of boundary slides past each other?
    Transform
  • What are the name of the 2 types of seismograph waves?
    P and S waves
  • What scale is an earthquake measured on?
    Richter Scale
  • What is a wave produced by an earthquake or landslide called?
    Tsunami
  • What was the name of the landform when all of the plates were together?
    Pangea
  • Which seismograph waves arrive first?
    P waves
  • What type of boundary separates from each other?
    Divergent
  • Which is denser continental plate or oceanic plate?
    Oceanic
  • What is the plant boundaries around the Pacific Ocean called?
    The "Ring of Fire"
  • How many seismographs are needed to find the location of an earthquake?
    3
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