Types of plate boundaries Flashcards
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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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- where the plates move toward each other.
The collision of two plates are of 3 types:
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Convergent plate boundaries
3
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collision between an oceanic crust and a continental crust.
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Oceanic - continental convergence
4
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oceanic crust sinks down the continental crust and goes back to the mantle
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Subduction
5
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a deep, narrow depression on the ocean seafloor caused by the collision and/or subduction of plates
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Trench
6
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the plates slide horizontally to each other without destroying the lithosphere plate.
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Transform plate Boundary
7
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create a depression or a lowland region along the separation of the plates
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Rift valley
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