The Earths Layers and Plate movement

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Grade 9

Geography

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<p>Divergent Boundaries</p>

Divergent Boundaries

Constructive margin

Seafloor spreading at oceanic ridges

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<p>Convergent Boundaries</p>

Convergent Boundaries

OCEANIC & OCEANIC

Subduction

Island arcs form

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<p>Convergent Boundaries</p>

Convergent Boundaries

CONTINENTAL & CONTINENTAL

No subduction

Mountains form - such as the Himalayas

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<p>Convergent Boundaries</p>

Convergent Boundaries

OCEANIC & CONTINENTAL

Oceanic lithosphere subducts below continental lithosphere

Mountain ranges with volcanoes and continental volcanic

arcs form

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<p>Transform Fault Boundaries</p>

Transform Fault Boundaries

The lithosphere is neither produced nor destroyed

Plates slide past one another

San Andreas Fault = California, USA