Locations Of Earthquakes Volcanoes And Mountain Ranges Flashcards

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This is the continents and the seafloor constitute the upper surface of the plates as the plates slide pass one another the rocks along their edges experience great pressure

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Earthquake

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Most of the world’s active volcanoes are found in the

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Ring of fire

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Volcanoes located in the ring of fire are associated with

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Subduction

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This contains rich sources of magma

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Plate boundaries

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It happens in the rise of magma and the cracks of ocean floor

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Volcanic eruptions

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This is when the converging plates are both continental the lithosphere tends to move up since it is much less than the mantle this results in a collision between the two continental plates the squeezing and folding of rock materials and converging plates.

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Mountain ranges

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