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Plate tectonics and plate boundary by

types of plate tectonics

divergent: moves apart from eachother
conver­gent: moves towards eachother
Transform: slides pass eachother
tectonic plates moving can cause:
earthq­uakes, mountains, volcanoes, ocean ridges­/tr­enches, subduction

lithos­phere

lithos­phere is constantly moving but in a very slow motion
these motions are not the same everywhere
the movement of the lithos­phere is called "­tec­ton­ics­"
Plate tectonics theory:
the entire lithos­phere of the earth is broken into numerous segments called PLATES
 

geologic structures

volcanoes
earthq­uakes
mountain ranges

Major plates and Minor plates

Major plates:
Minor plates:
pacific plate
philippine plate
north american plate
nazca plate
Eurassian plate
scotia plate
African plate
cocos plate
Antartic plate
caribbean plate
Indo-A­ust­rillian plate
arabian plate
South American plate
autrialian plate
Contin­ental crust- thicker but less dense
Oceanic crust- Thinner but denser
 

Four layers of the earth

crust
mantle
inner core
outer core
the epicenter is where the vibration is and the focus is the exact location of the earthq­uake.
the graphical record of an earthquake is called "­SEI­SMO­GRA­M" and its device is "­SEI­SMO­GRA­PH"
 

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