Plate Tectonics

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What are landform regions?

Areas of similar landform. Ex. mountainous, flat, tundra.

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How are these landforms created?

Plate tectonics.

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Plate Tectonics - Converge?

Colliding and crashing into each other

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Plate Tectonics - Diverge?

They’re moving away from each other.

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Plate Tectonics - Transform?

They’re rubbing against each other.

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Plate Tectonics - Convergent Boundary

The plates move towards each other and fold on top of one another to make mountains.

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Plate Tectonics - Divergent Boundary

When plates move away from each other the magma from underground comes up making a volcano

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Plate Tectonics - Transform Boundary

When plates rub against each other it makes earthquakes