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🔹 Key Concepts of Plate Tectonics:
- The Earth's lithosphere is broken into large pieces called
tectonic plates.
- These plates float on the semi-fluid
asthenosphere.
- Plates move due to convection currents in the mantle.
- There are three main types of plate boundaries:
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Divergent: Plates move apart (e.g., Mid-Atlantic Ridge).
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Convergent: Plates collide (e.g., Himalayas formed by Indian and Eurasian plates).
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Transform: Plates slide past each other (e.g., San Andreas Fault).
Common topics include:
- Evidence for plate tectonics (fossil distribution, continental fit, seafloor spreading).
- Types of faults and earthquakes.
- Volcanic activity and mountain formation.
- Mantle convection and hotspots.
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