INTRODUCTION to Week 14

Introduction to Week 14

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Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland. The North American plate (right) and
the Eurasian plate (left) are moving away from each other. Photo
courtesy of Stuck in Customs/Flickr. Licensed CC BY-NC-SA.



Last week, you learned about Earth's tectonic plates and how they interact and move relative to each other. You also learned that earthquakes and volcanoes can happen at each type of plate boundary. Now, let's look at the theories scientists have developed to explain the movement of the plates.
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