9.Tectonics Convergent

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Plate Tectonics – Interaction of Tectonic Plates Convergent Boundary

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Earth’s Interior

Earth Movements

Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Interaction of Plates

Divergent Boundary[African Rift System]

Convergent Plate

BoundaryTectonics and

Orogeny

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Relevant questions from 2013 and 2014 mains exams1. Explain the formation of thousands of islands

in Indonesian and Philippines archipelagos.2. Why are the world’s fold mountain systems

located along the margins of continents? Bring out the association between the global distribution of Fold Mountains and the earthquakes and volcanoes.

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Divergent Plate Boundary - Process of RiftingTe

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Divergent Plate Boundary – Rift Valley System

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Types of Convergence

Ocean – Ocean Convergence

Ocean – Continent Convergence

Continent – Continent Convergence

Continent – Arc Convergence

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Types of Convergence

1. Collision of oceanic plates or ocean-

ocean convergence.

2. Collision of continental and oceanic

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3. Collision of continental plates or

continent-continent convergence

4. Collision of continent and arc or

continent-arc convergence.

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Types of Convergence

1. Collision of oceanic plates or ocean-ocean

convergence. [trench, Island arc]

2. Collision of continental and oceanic plates or

ocean-continent convergence.[Trench,

mountains]

3. Collision of continental plates or continent-

continent convergence [mountains]

4. Collision of continent and arc or continent-arc

convergence [Islands].

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Ocean-Ocean Convergence or Island Arc convergence

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Ocean-Ocean Convergence or Island Arc convergence

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Ocean-Ocean Convergence or Island Arc convergence

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Ocean-Ocean Convergence or Island Arc convergence

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Continent-Ocean Convergence

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Continent-Ocean Convergence

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Continent-Continent Convergence

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Continent-Continent ConvergenceTe

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Continent-Continent Convergence-Himalayas

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Continent-Continent Convergence-Himalayas

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Continent-Island Arc ConvergenceTe

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Highest Mountain Ranges of Each Continent

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