Geography

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Tectonic Plates This is what Earth's crust is covered with there are 4 different types of tectonic plates: conservative, destructive, collision and constructive. Next page: Plate distribution	Image: 36cdb9bc-6b02-4008-9635-a70a43e59711 (image/png)
Destructive Plate margins Volcanoes occur on these plate margin. The oceanic crust and continental crust both meet here and the oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust and is melted	by the mantle. This builds up pressure and this creates a volcanic eruption. Image: 8a63214a-7422-4444-88e0-21b25a8a901f (image/png)
Constructive Plate Margins Constructive margins are where plates move away from each other. An example of this is the mid-Atlantic ridge. Magma rises and the water then cools the molten rock. Creating new land.	Image: 3daa8d9e-0369-4903-9da6-bf9f360caf34 (image/png)
Conservative Plate Margins Two plates move sideways past each other. They do move in the same direction however at different speeds. An example of this is the western coast of the USA.	Image: b98ce799-839c-4ca7-9889-780a8608bfcc.gif (image/gif)

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