What is a tectonic plate?Tectonic plates move past each other caused continental drift makes the plates move.
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A tectonic plate is like a portion of the Earth`s crust that carries either a ocean basin or a country/continent. The tectonic plates create earthquakes where the crust is thin or at the boundary of two plates. A boundary between plates is called a plate boundary. There are different types of plate boundaries;
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Name the boundary: Divergent
This boundary happens when two plates move away from each other.
Name the boundary: Convergent
This boundary happens when two plates move away from each other
Name the boundary: Transform
This boundary happens when two plates grind past each other
Name the boundary: Subduction
This boundary happens when one plate goes down under another