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Plate boundary types
Use this for “What kind of plate boundary runs through Japan, and what is the evidence?”
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How do the plates move here?
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Plates move apart, together or past each other.
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Plates move apart, together or past each other; the boundary type is how they move relative to each other.
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Earthquake depths, volcanoes and the age of the rock on each side are the evidence.
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Convergent boundaries are subduction (trench, deepening quakes, a volcanic arc) or collision (thick crust, no volcanoes).
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