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goldfiish [28.3K]
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Plate Tectonics

View the Plate Tectonics activity. What does plate tectonic theory describe?




The Earth's crust is made up of enormous sections called plates. Name and explain the three different types of boundaries along the Earth's plates.




How are new sections of the Earth's crust formed?
Geography
1 answer:
Andreas93 [3]3 years ago
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Answer:

-The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's solid outer crust, the lithosphere, is separated into plates that move over the asthenosphere

divergent- plates move away from each other

convergent-plates collide

transform- plates slide sideways past each other

-Magma from the underlying mantle erupts at the edges, then cools and solidifies to form new ocean crust.

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