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Plate tectonics

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The Earth's skin is in pieces.

Tectonic plates 2022.svg
Tectonic plates 2022.svg
These big pieces move very slowly. They slide and push against each other. This can make mountains or volcanoes. It even makes the ground shake. Can you feel the Earth move?
Map of earthquakes in 2016.svg
Map of earthquakes in 2016.svg

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File:Tectonic plates 2022.svg
Tectonic plates 2022.svg
File:Continental-continental constructive plate boundary.svg
Continental-continental constructive...
File:Continental-continental destructive plate boundary.svg
Continental-continental destructive plate...
File:Continental-continental conservative plate boundary opposite directions.svg
Continental-continental conservative...
File:Global plate motion 2008-04-17.jpg
Global plate motion 2008-04-17.jpg
File:Tectonic plates boundaries physical World map Wt 180degE centered-en.svg
Tectonic plates boundaries physical World...
File:Wegener Expedition-1912 008.jpg
Wegener Expedition-1912 008.jpg
File:Quake epicenters 1963-98.png
Quake epicenters 1963-98.png
File:Map of earthquakes in 2016.svg
Map of earthquakes in 2016.svg
File:Oceanic.Stripe.Magnetic.Anomalies.Scheme.svg
Oceanic.Stripe.Magnetic.Anomalies.Scheme.svg
File:Polarityshift.gif
Polarityshift.gif
Tectonic plate model 1Ga.webm

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