Plate Tectonics
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Lithosphere
Thin layer of rock on top of the mantle (broken up into tectonic plates
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Subduction
ONe plate being forced beneath another
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3 types of plate boundaries
Divergent, convergent, transform fault
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Divergent plate boundary
Plates moving away from eachother (form rift valleys, seafloor spreading)
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Convergent plate boundary
Plates move towards eachother and leads to subduction (form mountains and volcanoes)
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Transform fault plate boundary
Plates slide sideways past eachother (form faults and lead to earthquakes)
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