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Card 6
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Where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other allowing magma to rise through the gap created
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Card 7
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Where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other and the denser plate gets subducted.
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Card 8
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Where two continental tectonic plates move towards eachother but neither is subducted. Instead, both plates rise up to create mountains.
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Card 9
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Where two tectonic plates are moving past each other either in opposite directions or in the same direction at different speeds.
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Card 10
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Earthquakes that occur in the middle of a tectonic plate rather than on the margins.
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Card 11
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Volcanic eruptions that occur in the middle of a tectonic plate rather than on the margins.
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Card 12
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Movement of hot material in the Mantle which is thought to be the primary driver of tectonic plate movement.
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Card 13
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A distinct column of hot mantle material which is rising towards the surface of the Earth, creating intra-plate volcanism.
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Card 14
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The theory of how tectonic plates move around the Earth's surface.
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Card 15
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The coolest and thinnest part of the Earth, made up of Continental and Oceanic crust.
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