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Transcript Erica Lockwood, Charlie Haffey Norwood Public Schools © 2015 http://youtu.be/0mWQs1_L3fA http://geo.rhul.ac.uk/text/x_earth.gif Broken into pieces “Float” on mantle Pieces of a puzzle sitting on hot. 

Erica Lockwood, Charlie Haffey
Norwood Public Schools
© 2015
http://youtu.be/0mWQs1_L3fA
http://geo.rhul.ac.uk/text/x_earth.gif
Broken into pieces
“Float” on mantle
Pieces of a puzzle sitting on hot Jello
Not one solid piece
Many large pieces
Called Tectonic Plates
Plates meet at Boundaries
Also known as Faults
Location of most volcanoes
Location of most earthquakes
Earth Guide Online
Of all fault volcanoes, and
Of all fault earthquakes
Most of these occur
Plate boundaries
Around the Pacific Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw7Uq137YJQ
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire_volcanoes.png
Erica Lockwood, Charlie Haffey
Norwood Public Schools
© 2015