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Plates Glossary

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Collision margin   where two continental plates are moving towards each other  
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Conservative margin   where two tectonic plates are moving past each other  
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Constructive margin   where two tectonic plates are moving apart ands new crust is formed  
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Destructive margin   where two tectonic plates are moving together and oceanic crust is destroyed by subduction  
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Continental plate   the part of the Earth's crust that makes the continents  
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Core   The centre of the Earth  
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Crust   The solid outer layer of the Earth  
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Fold moutains   mountains formed by the bending and buckling of the rocks where two tectonic plates collide  
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Fissure   A line of weakness in the crust, such as a fault, through which lava may erupt  
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Island arc   a chain of volcanic islands  
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mantle   the layer of the earth below the crust made of magma  
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Oceanic plate   the part of the earth's crust which is under the oceans  
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Ocean trench   a long, narrow and very deep gorge in the ocean floor  
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plate   a large, rigid slab of the Earth's crust  
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Plate margins   the boundary where two plates meet  
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Shield volcano   a low, flat volcano, like an upturned shield, made from basic lava  
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subduction zone   an area of the Earth's crust where one tectonic plate descends below another  
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