SKKH+1.5

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Vocabulary

 * Scientific Theory** - well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
 * Plate Tectonics** - geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant,slow motiondriven by connvection currents in the mantle.
 * Faults** - breaks in earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
 * Transform Boundary** - place where two plates slip past each other ,moving in opposite directions.
 * Divergent Boundary** - place where two plates move apart or diverge.
 * Convergent Boundary** - place where two plates come together or converge.
 * Plates** - broken sections of the Lithosphere.
 * Rift Valley** - a deep valley.

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Plate boundaries

 * Transform Boundaries
 * a place where 2 plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions. Earthquakes occur frequently along these boundaries.


 * Divergent Boundaries
 * Place where 2 plates more apart. Divergent Boundaries also occur on land, when they do 2 of Earth's plates side apart creating a rift valley.


 * Convergent Boundaries
 * place where 2 plates come together or collide. When 2 plates collide, the density of the plates determines which one comes out on top