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State whether sea floor is created, destroyed or neither at divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundary.

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New sea floor is created at divergent plate boundary
Old sea floor is destroyed at convergent plate boundary
Neither at transform boundary

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List three boundary types and give the relative motion for each type

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A. Divergent plate boundaries move apart
B. Convergent plate boundaries move in together
C. Transform plate boundaries move past one another

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Explain why a Rift Valley forms at the mid ocean ridges summit

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Because material beneath the mid ocean ridge fills the void by the separating plates of lithosphere

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