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name of 7 tectonic paltes

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pacific on left
north american and eurasian on top
south american under north
african under eruasian
antartic on bottom
australant on top on anatartic on right

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Plate boundaries

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divergent
2 oceanic plates move away from eachohter and form mid ocean ridges (creates new seafloor)

convergent (subduction)
2 oceanic plate converge and because one is more dense that one subducts which causes trenches and ISLANDS
a continental and oceanic plate converge and because oceanic is more dense that one subducts which causes trenches and MOUTAINS AND VOLCANOES ON THE COAST

transform
adjacent plates slide past eachother and form earthquakes

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