By Ioannis K.

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Tectonic Plates
By Ioannis K.
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What Is It?
Tectonic plates are plates that are moving. The
collision of the plates of plates is the main
cause of volcanic activity,and earthquakes.
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What is Continental Drift?
This is the present position of the continents.
Continental drift is the idea that all the
continents of the world were stuck together and
over time shifted into the position they are in
today.
This is the thought position some hundred million
years ago.
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How does it affect man?How does it affect the
land?
When the plates shift they may cause underground
tremors, earthquakes ect.
This is the damage caused by an earthquake
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What are the seven major plates?
The seven major plates are the African Plate,
Antarctic Plate, Australian Plate, Eurasian
Plate, North American Plate, South American
Plate, and Pacific Plate.
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