The tectonic plates EARTH SCIENCE

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theory
 What’s a Theory?

In Science a Theory is: “carefully

thought-out explanation for
observations of the natural world
that has been constructed using
the scientific method, and which
brings together many facts and
hypotheses.”
Is something that is how it is.

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 Tectonic plates are gigantic
pieces of the Earth's crust and
What is a uppermost mantle. They are
Tectonic plate? made up of oceanic crust and
continental crust.

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 The tectonic Plates meet at boundaries:

The divergent boundary is the one where

the plates move apart or diverge from each
other.

The convergent boundary is the one where

the plates come together or converge.

The transform boundary is the one where

plates slip past each other along.
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 Convergent Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Transform boundary

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 What does the tectonic plates theory say?

It states that:
Earth’s plates are
in slow, constant
motion, driven by
convection currents
in the mantle.
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 Transform boundary

Divergent Boundary

Convergent Boundary

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 The Faults:
Faults are cracks in the earth's crust along
which there is movement. These can be
massive (the boundaries between the
tectonic plates themselves) or very small.
If tension builds up along a fault and then
is suddenly released, the result is an
earthquake.

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Investigate about the la Hispaniola
most important tectonic faults.

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