Collide, Move apart, and Slide Flashcards

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it is a ductile layer under the solid lithosphere

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asthenosphere

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2
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three types of plate boundaries

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convergent, divergent, transform

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are plate boundaries where the plates move apart from each other, resulting in the production of a new seafloor.

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divergent plate boundaries

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are plate boundaries where the plates move toward each other.

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convergent plate boundaries

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is a type of collision between an oceanic crust and a continental crust.

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Oceanic-Continental convergence

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it is the process at which the oceanic crust sinks down the continental crust and goes back to the mantle.

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subduction

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chains of volcanoes parallel to the subduction

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continental volcano arc

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it is a deep, narrow depression on the ocean seafloor caused by the collision and/or subduction of plates.

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trench

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is a type of collision between two oceanic crustal plates

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oceanic-oceanic convergence

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in this type of collision, two continental crustal plates move toward one another.

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continental-continental convergence

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it is a plate boundary where, instead of moving toward or moving apart from each other, the plates slide past horizontally to each other without destroying the lithospheric plate

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transform plate boundary

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12
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is another feature that results from plate movement

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rift valley

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