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1 How the Earth’s surface changes every day

2 First you have to understand the make-up of our Earth

3 Tectonic Plates

4 Sliding plates

5 Divergent Plates

6 Convergent Boundaries make mountains

7 Review three types of boundaries with a rap

8 How do these plate movements affect the earth’s surface?

9 Transform plates cause earthquakes

10 Plate movements cause the earth to move

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12 Results of divergent plate movement

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14 The Red Sea is created by by Saudi Arabia and Africa pulling apart from each other. This causes the Red Sea to get bigger every year.

15 Changes from volcanoes - Mountains are formed

16 Changes from volcanoes - Islands are formed

17 Formation of the Hawaiian Islands

18 Mount St. Helens

19 Results of convergent boundaries

20 Google Earth takes you on a tour of the many places our earth is changed by the movement of the tectonic plates – including many we discussed today

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