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Plate Tectonics - Plate Boundaries.

Plate boundaries occur where two plates meet each other.
These areas are also called plate margins.
Earthquakes and volcanoes may result when the plates interact.

Plates may do one of three things at plate boundaries.

Slide past each other

Separate

Collide

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