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Explain the theory of plate tectonics and how they have changed Earth’s surface over time. Include the role of plate tectonics in the creation of landforms.

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Plate tectonics is the theory that Earths outer shell is divided into large plates that move around. These movements create different landforms..:

1. Divergent Boundaries: Plates move apart, forming rift valleys on land and mid ocean ridges under water.

2. Convergent Boundaries: Plates collide, creating mountains when continental plates meet, and volcanoes when oceanic plates subduction beneath continental plates.

3. Transform Boundaries: Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.

Plate tectonics shapes Earths surface by forming mountains, volcanoes, valleys, and causing earthquakes through the movement and interaction of these plates.

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