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science plate boundaries

1. Plate boundaries Prepared by: francess johanna dela fuente

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6. Plate tectonics A theory that deals with the dynamics of Earth’s outer shell—the lithosphere — providing a uniform context for understanding mountain-building processes, volcanoes, and earthquakes as well as the evolution of Earth’s surface and reconstructing its past continents and oceans. 6 presentation title

7. Plate boundaries It is the location where two plates meet. Plate boundaries are where geological events occur, such as earthquakes and the creation of topographic features such as mountains, volcanoes, mid-ocean ridges, and oceanic trenches. 7 presentation title

8. Three types of plate boundaries Transform Plate Boundary - also called as strike slip fault boundary , the plates slide past each other horizontally. -plates move alongside each other in different directions. 8 presentation title

9. 9 presentation title This is a type of boundary that cuts through California, the well-known San Andreas Fault .

10. Three types of plate boundaries Convergent Plate Boundary - plates are moving toward each other and sometimes one plate sinks under another (subduction). -plates crush into each other and land crumples, forming trenches and mountains 10 presentation title

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12. 12 presentation title Cascadia Subduction Zone: 

13. Three types of plate boundaries Divergent Plate Boundary - boundaries where the earth’s tectonic plates are moving apart/plates pull apart from each other. 13 presentation title

14. Mid-Atlantic ridge 14 presentation title

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