Geography tectonics📚

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What are the 4 main parts of the earth?

Crust

Mantle

Outer core

Inner core

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What is the crust made up of?

Tectonic plates

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What makes the crust move?

Convection currents

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What is the name of the man with the tectonic plate theory?

Alfred Wegener

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What are plate boundaries?

The place at the edge of two plates where two plates meet.

It is also sometimes called a plate margin.

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Constructive

Where 2 plates move apart

<p>Where 2 plates move apart </p>
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Destructive

Where 2 oceanic and continental plates meet together

<p>Where 2 oceanic and continental plates meet together</p>
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Conservative

When 2 plates move past each other in different directions or different rates

<p>When 2 plates move past each other in different directions or different rates</p>
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Collision

Where 2 continental plates meet

<p>Where 2 continental plates meet</p>