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• Plate Tectonics: Directions plates move

  
  • 3-5
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  This map of lithospheric crust indicates the directions in which plates are moving.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics: Divergent boundary

  
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  Divergent boundaries form when two plates separate.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics: Iceland

  
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  Iceland straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the North American Plate and Eurasian Plate are moving away from one another.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics in Action: Continental drift fossils

  
  • 3-5

  Alfred Wegner and other scientists found similar fossils of the same age on widely separate continents, suggesting they were once connected.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics in Action: Jigsaw continents

  
  • 3-5

  Scientists noticed that the shape of the continents make them appear as if they could fit together, causing them to wonder if they were once connected.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics in Action: Seafloor spreading II

  
  • 3-5

  In some cases, the seafloor is moving apart at rift valleys in a process called seafloor spreading.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics: Juan de Fuca Plate

  
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  The Juan de Fuca Plate is one of many smaller plates.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics: Lithosphere composition

  
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  The lithosphere is made up of the crust and upper mantle.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics: Magnetic stripes

  
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  Matching patterns of parallel magnetic stripes on either side of mid-ocean ridges, indicating that new ocean crust is being added at the same rate, support the notion of seafloor spreading.  » more info

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• Plate Tectonics: Mid-Atlantic Ridge ages

  
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  This map illustrates the different ages of the seafloor in the Atlantic Ocean basin.  » more info

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