Earth's Tectonic Plates

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The movement of the plates over Earth’s surface is called __________.

Two plates move away from each other

Earthquake epicenters outline the plates because earthquakes occur everywhere _____ come into contact with each other.

divided into a dozen major and several minor plates

An earthquakes ______- is the point on Earth’s surface directly above the place where the earthquake occurs

Hot mantle form two adjacent cells rises at the ridge axis, creating new ocean crust 2. The top part of the convection cell moves horizontally away from the ridge crest 3. The outer parts of the convection cells plunge down into the deeper mantle, wh

These plates can be composed in a combination of _______ lithosphere or _________lithosphere

Two plates move towards each other