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Using your knowledge of plate tectonics, choose all of the correct tectonic events.
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A Convection currents are causing tectonic plates to move apart.
B The spreading of plates creates new oceanic crust.
c The plates are pushing together which causes volcanoes and new oceanic crust.
D The outward movements of the plates causes pressure on other plates, which could lead to subduction.
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Plate tectonics explains various tectonic events at plate boundaries

Step-by-step explanation:

Plate tectonics is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates. Based on this theory, the correct tectonic events are:

• A - Convection currents driving plates apart
• B - Spreading of plates creating new oceanic crust
• D - Outward movements of plates causing pressure and subduction

These events occur at plate boundaries, such as divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and convergent boundaries where plates collide. Convection currents in the asthenosphere drive the movement of the plates and create various geological features like volcanoes and new crust formation.

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