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The Modern Plates.

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1 The Modern Plates

2 Three types of plate boundaries

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4 Three types of plate boundaries

5 Divergent boundary

6 Divergent boundary Where on Earth is continental rifting occurring today?

7 Transform boundary

8 Convergent boundary Three sub-types Ocean-Continent Ocean-Ocean
Continent-Continent Can you name an example of each?

9 Convergent boundary

10 The Rock Cycle Burial +

11 The Rock Cycle

12 Plate Tectonics in the Pacific Northwest

13 The Earth’s Interior Crust Oceanic Continental Mantle Core Outer Inner

14 The Earth’s Interior Crust Oceanic Continental Mantle Core Outer Inner

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