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

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collision between an oceanic crust and a continental crust.

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Oceanic - continental convergence

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oceanic crust sinks down the continental crust and goes back to the mantle

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Subduction

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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

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the plates slide horizontally to each other without destroying the lithosphere plate.

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Transform plate Boundary

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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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