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Plate Tectonics Review -plates are apart of the lithosphere (crust), and float upon the asthenosphere.

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1 Plate Tectonics Review -plates are apart of the lithosphere (crust), and float upon the asthenosphere.

2 Types of Plate Boundaries Convergent Plate Boundary Divergent Plate Boundary Transform Fault Plate Boundary

3 Deep Sea Trench Formation

4 Magnetic Banding

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