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Plate Boundaries |
are areas where two plates meet |
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Types of Plate Boundaries |
Convergent plate boundaries Divergent plate boundary Transform plate boundary |
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Convergent Plate Boundary |
Occurs where tectonic plates collide |
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3 Types of Convergent Plate Boundaries |
Oceanic-to-oceanic plate boundary Continental-to-continent colliding plate boundary Oceanic-to-continental colliding plate boundary |
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Tectonic Plate |
is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both the continental and oceanic lithosphere |
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Divergent Plate Boundary |
occurs when two plates move apart from each other. *Earthquakes. faults, and underwater volcanic eruptions occurs in the divergent boundary. |
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Transform plate boundary |
occurs where two plates slide past one another. The movements of the plates in transform plate boundaries are either diverging or converging or in the same, direction at different rates. |
