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What are the various lines of evidence that supports plate tectonics? - ️️- the idea that all of the continents were once a super continent - fossils - the directions of glaciers What is a convergent plate boundary? - ️️When plates are pushed towards each other What are some of the characteristics of convergent plate boundaries? - ️️- it causes one of the plates to slip under the other (oceanic plates because they are more dense) - the slippage creates subduction zones which creates volcanoes and earthquakes What are the types of convergent plate boundaries and what do they form? - ️️- oceanic - oceanic plate boundaries form volcanoes - oceanic - continental plate boundaries form volcanoes due to the magma that comes up from the asthenosphere - continental - continental plate boundaries form large mountains as one gets subducted below the other How does fossils support the idea of plate tectonics? - ️️The same fossils were found on different continents, which would have been impossible for those animals to cross the large bodies of water