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    The Earth's crust is made up of massive tectonic plates that move independently at a rate of 1-2 inches per year. There are four patterns of plate motion: collision, subduction, spreading, and transform. The three types of plate boundaries are convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past one another. Mantle convection and ridge push and slab pull are among the causes of plate tectonics, which can result in earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and other effects.

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    The Earth's crust is made up of massive tectonic plates that move independently at a rate of 1-2 inches per year. There are four patterns of plate motion: collision, subduction, spreading, and transform. The three types of plate boundaries are convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past one another. Mantle convection and ridge push and slab pull are among the causes of plate tectonics, which can result in earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and other effects.

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    Earth and Science

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    The Earth's crust is made up of massive tectonic plates that move independently at a rate of 1-2 inches per year. There are four patterns of plate motion: collision, subduction, spreading, and transform. The three types of plate boundaries are convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past one another. Mantle convection and ridge push and slab pull are among the causes of plate tectonics, which can result in earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and other effects.

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    TECTONIC PLATES

    What is Tectonic Plates?


    -Earth’s outermost shell
    -It is a massive, irregularly
    shaped slab of solid rocks
    The Major Tectonic Plates
    MOVEMENT OF
    TECTONIC PLATES
    Movement of Tectonic Plates
    -Earth’s Plate has rose in the folding and
    faulting of the crust
    -Can move independently and free
    floating
    -Move at a rate of one to two inches per
    year
    Motion of Plates can be described
    in four Patterns:
    • Collision
    • Subduction
    • Spreading
    • Transform
    THREE TYPES OF
    TECTONIC PLATES
    BOUNDARIES
    CONVERGENT
    PLATE BOUNDARY
    CONVERGENT PLATE
    BOUNDARY
    -Occurs when Two Plates
    Collide
    -These are often related with
    Submarine Volcanoes
    DIVERGENT PLATE
    BOUNDARY
    DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
    -Occur when Two Plates move
    away from each other
    -Can form within continents but
    may eventually Open up and
    become Ocean Basins
    TRANSFORM PLATE
    BOUNDARY
    TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY
    -Where Plates slide passed each
    other
    -It can occur Underwater or on
    Land
    CAUSES:
    -Mantle Convection
    -Ridge Push
    -Slab Pull
    -and many more
    EFFECTS:
    -Ground Shaking
    -Lanslides
    -Tsunami
    -and many more
    KEEP LEARNING, KEEP
    MOVING

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