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Dynamic Earth

Dynamic Earth

Plate Notes

The plates are different sizes,they can be small or big. DIVERGENT-Magma rises and pushes plates apart. CONVERGENT-A plate collides with or dives under another. TRANSFORM-Two plates grind against each other. The plates make up the earths outer shell called the lithosphere. The plates move about 5 inches a year. The divergent plates are happining in Africa South American. There are a few hand fulls of major plates. 80% of all the planets earthquakes occur along the rim of the Pacific ocean call the "Ring of Fire."