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What is a Tectonic Plate?
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“Plate tectonics makes this planet awesome, flat out.”
In this episode we take a dive into the fundamental process that makes Earth unique, plate tectonics. We discuss what a tectonic plate is and what our planet would look like without plate tectonics, which would be pretty boring! Also, because of plate tectonics we are always moving relative to the center of the Earth. Listeners in North America are moving very slowly (think of the rate your fingernails grow) away from…
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