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Mr. Biando's Lab - Plate Tectonic Theory

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Plate Tectonic   show
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show The boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates.  
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Divergent Boundary   show
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Transform Boundary   show
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show When a plate with oceanic crust collides with a plate of continental crust, the denser oceanic crust sinks into the asthenosphere.  
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Subduction Zone   show
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Oceanic-Oceanic Collision   show
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Continental-continental Collision   show
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show An example of an underwater divergent boundary.  
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show An example of a transform boundary.  
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Ridge push   show
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show Hot rock deep within the Earth causes the oceanic lithosphere to move sideways away from the mid-ocean ridge.  
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show When the denser, heavier oceanic lithosphere sinks and pulls the rest of the tectonic plate with it.  
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show A hypothesis that earths continents move on earths surface  
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show are deep valleys at the center of a mid ocean ridge.  
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show boundary between the plates  
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deep sea trench   show
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collision boundary   show
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mantle convection   show
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show giant landmass  
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show core of each continent is an expanse of ancient rock.  
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terrane   show
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