STAAR Vocabulary 12 Flashcards
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The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates
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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 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 along which rocks move
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Fault-line
