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Divergent: extensional; the plates move apart. Spreading ridges, basin-range.
Convergent: compressional; plates move toward each other. Includes: Subduction zones and mountain building.
Transform: shearing; plates slide past each other. Strike-slip motion.
Explanation:
Because a science-based understanding of our universe is, more than other (myth-based or religious-base) understandings, capable of delivering (1) measuring instruments by means of which we can test our hypotheses regarding the structure of the universe and (2) a scientific language that is as much as possible free from ambiguity and vagueness.
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Industrial weapons contributed to staggering casualties and the western front was forced to use trench warfare. In order to prevent a two-front war, General Alfred von Schlieffen drew up a master plan calling for an all-out attack against France.
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Using records of flood patterns to predict future flooding is one example that is an application of the principle of uniformitarianism.
