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Plate Tectonics

How Plates Move http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/unanswered.html

Different Types of Boundaries http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html

Divergent Boundary – Arabian and African Plates Arabian Plate Red Sea African Plate

Divergent Boundary – Iceland http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html

Divergent Boundary - Oceanic http://www.geology.com

Divergent Boundary - Continental http://www.geology.com

Convergent Boundary – Indian and Eurasian Plates Indian Plate

Convergent Boundary – Oceanic & Continental http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html & http://www.geology.com

Convergent Boundary – Oceanic & Oceanic Note – plates are reversed http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html & http://www.geology.com

Convergent Boundaries - Continental http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html & http://www.geology.com

Transform Boundary – San Andreas Fault www.geology.com

Review Name the 3 main layers of the Earth What is a tectonic plate? What was Pangea? What is Sea-Floor spreading? Name the three different types of plate boundaries and one location on Earth for each one