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Q.15. What is plate? Explain the mechanism of plate movement.

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The mechanism behind Plate Tectonics. Plate Tectonics: The Mechanism. The main features of plate tectonics are: Convection currents beneath the plates move the crustal plates in different directions. The source of heat driving the convection currents is radioactivity deep in the Earths mantle.

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sachinchikva: Describe the activities at plate margins ?

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shrutikumarisingh150: At these margins 2 plates move or CONVERGE together and the Destruction of some of the Earth's crust results. ... The oceanic plate is subducted (pushed under) the continental plate at what is called a subduction zone, creating a deep ocean trench.

sachinchikva: Describe the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes with the help of plate boundaries ?

shrutikumarisingh150: Earthquakes are found along all types of plate margins as shown on this map. Volcanoes however, only occur at constructive and destructive plate margins. A lot of volcanic activity occurs in the 'ring of fire'. The 'ring of fire' is a group of volcanoes that are located along the plate margin of the Pacific plate.

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Plate tectonics is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of Earth's lithosphere, since tectonic processes began on Earth between 3.3 and 3.5 billion years ago.

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