STAAR Vocab #12 Flashcards

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the boundary between two colliding tectonic plate.

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convergent.

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deep v-shaped valley on the ocean floor.

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oceanic trench.

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the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away away from each other; rift zone.

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divergent.

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the region where oceanic lithosphere sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary.

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subduction.

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break or crack which rocks move

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fault line.

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