The Modern Plates

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The Modern Plates
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Three types of plate boundaries
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Three types of plate boundaries
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Divergent boundary
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Divergent boundary

• Where on Earth is continental rifting occurring
  today?

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Transform boundary
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Convergent boundary

• Three sub-types
• Ocean-Continent
• Ocean-Ocean
• Continent-Continent
• Can you name an example of each?

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Convergent boundary
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The Rock Cycle
Burial
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The Rock Cycle
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Plate Tectonics in the Pacific Northwest
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The Earths Interior

• Crust
• Oceanic
• Continental
• Mantle
• Core
• Outer
• Inner

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The Earths Interior

• Crust
• Oceanic
• Continental
• Mantle
• Core
• Outer
• Inner