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6. Ask them to use color pencils to mark (on their individual plate boundary map) all plate boundaries in the world which fit that description. They should use different colored pencils for each ...
This is described as a 'complex junction' of different plate systems where several plate boundaries meet. 'The region almost entirely consists of oceanic crust, but some pieces are raised above ...
Whatever drives the movement, plate tectonic activity takes place at four types of boundaries: divergent boundaries, where new crust is formed; convergent boundaries, where crust is consumed ...
They represent the least well-studied of the three major plate boundaries, which include divergent boundaries, like East Africa, where plates move apart forming new crust; and convergent ...