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Divergent Plate Boundaries
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Plates move apart, creating mid-ocean ridges and seafloor spreading.
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Convergent Plate Boundaries
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Plates collide, forming mountains, trenches, and volcanoes.
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transform Plate Boundaries
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Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.
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absolute dating
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any method of measuring the age of an event or object in years
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deposition
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the process in which material is laid down
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erosion
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the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
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