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Subducting Ocean Trench Model

The completed parts should look something like this. The 1" by 4" strip labeled "Volcanic rocks of
the ocean crust" are glued on to the tabs left by the wedge-shaped piece.

The wedge-shaped piece fits into the end with the volcano with the arrows pointing in the same
direction and rotates to show the direction of crust movement.

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