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Lithosphere: Crust and solid upper mantle. Asthenosphere: Plastic, movable part of the mantle. Outer.

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2 Lithosphere: Crust and solid upper mantle. Asthenosphere: Plastic, movable part of the mantle. Outer

3  Heat from the inner core cause convection currents to flow within the asthenosphere.  Rising currents cause plates to move apart  Sinking currents cause plates to come together.

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5  Location where two plates are moving apart  Diverging plates cause rift valleys to form  Examples (Mid-Atlantic Ridge and East Pacific Rise, East African rift valley)

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7  There are 3 types of converging Plate boundaries (continent- ocean, ocean-ocean, continent-continent)  Converging plate boundaries create mountains, volcanoes, and deep trenches to form

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9  These boundaries occur when plates are forced to slide past one another  The average rate of movement is 5 cm per year  Some spots have not moved for centuries

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11 - Occur where ocean crust and continental crust meet but do not subduct.


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