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Plate Tectonics Basics

Earth?s moving plates

Plate tectonics explains continental drift and earthquakes via moving plates on the asthenosphere, interacting at divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries.

Plates and Motion

Lithospheric plates float/move on the mantle.

Boundaries

Divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries shape geology.

Impacts

Drive quakes, mountains, and volcanism; map hazard zones.

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