I need 10 facts about plate tectonics rn

The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. It is formed by a convergent boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Mariana Plate. The Pacific Plate is being subducted under the Mariana Plate. Scientists are now able to track the movement of tectonic plates using GPS.

Earth's tectonic plates may have taken as long as 1 billion years to form, researchers report today in Nature

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways in relation to each other. They move at a rate of one to two inches (three to five centimeters) per year

Convergent boundaries: where two plates are colliding. Subduction zones occur when one or both of the tectonic plates are composed of oceanic crust. ...

Divergent boundaries – where two plates are moving apart. ...

Transform boundaries – where plates slide passed each other.

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