Plate Tectonics Readers and Passages

Divergent Plate Boundary: Where Earth's Crust Pulls Apart

This science passage explains how divergent plate boundaries form where Earth's crust pulls apart, c...

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Convergent Boundary: When Earth's Plates Collide

This science passage describes three types of convergent plate boundaries (oceanic-continental, ocea...

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Transform Plate Boundaries: Earth's Sliding Plates

This NGSS aligned nformational passage examines transform plate boundaries where tectonic plates sli...

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Types of Plate Boundaries

This science passage explores how geologists use rock formations, fossil distributions, and seafloor...

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