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• Objectives:
• learn how geoscientists know that lithospheric plates move.
• gain an explanation as to why plates move.
• know what happens at plate boundaries and explain why it happens.
• evaluate the implications of plate motions for Earth's history.
• learn the origins of geologic features not explained by plate tectonics.

Why study plates and their motions?