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divergent: moves apart from eachother
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convergent: moves towards eachother
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Transform: slides pass eachother
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lithosphere is constantly moving but in a very slow motion
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these motions are not the same everywhere
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the movement of the lithosphere is called "tectonics"
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volcanoes
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earthquakes
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mountain ranges
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Major plates:
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Minor plates:
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pacific plate
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philippine plate
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north american plate
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nazca plate
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Eurassian plate
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scotia plate
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African plate
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cocos plate
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Antartic plate
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caribbean plate
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Indo-Austrillian plate
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arabian plate
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South American plate
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autrialian plate
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crust
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mantle
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inner core
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outer core
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