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Earth\’s Sliding Surface

  • January 14, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

As far as scientists know, Earth is the only planet that has tectonic plates, or large moving slabs of rock beneath its surface. The rest of the non-gaseous planets in this solar system — and even our moon — are all believed to have fixed surfaces.

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