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Pacific ring of fire

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Violent geologic activity on the Pacific Ocean

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Continental drift hypothesis

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All of earths land was once Pangea

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The Hawaiian island chain formed due to

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The pacific plate sliding over a hotspot

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Converging continental plates form

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New mountain ranges

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San Andreas fault

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Marks junction between pacific and North American plates

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Volcanic and earthquake activity takes place at

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Divergent, transform, convergent plate boundaries

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The most violent volcanic eruptions are found at

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Convergent plate boundaries

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At convergent plate boundaries crust is

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Destroyed

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Plate tectonics

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Continental drift and sea floor spreading

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At divergent plate boundaries crust

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Created. Molten material rises to fill in the gap between the slabs of crust that are moving apart. How ocean basins form

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