5.17: Putting It Together
SUMMARY
In this section, you learned the following:
- The different types of plate boundaries
- What type of motion is associated with each boundary
- The mechanisms that cause the plate movements
- The geologic features associated with each boundary
- What evidence supported Continental Drift
- Why certain areas are prone to mountain building, earthquakes and volcanoes
- The different types of deformation caused by plate tectonics
- What hotspots are and how they can create new land
Contributors and Attributions
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Original content from Kimberly Schulte (Columbia Basin College) and supplemented by Lumen Learning . The content on this page is copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.