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Divergent Plate Boundaries Divergent Boundary: Between two

lithospheric plates that are moving apart DI-vergent/DI-vide Rift Valleys: deep valleys at the center

of a mid-ocean ridge Sea-floor spreading: molten rock forces

its way upward through cracks or rifts, forming new rock

Result in hydrothermal vents

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Convergent Plate Boundaries Convergent Boundary: Between two

plates that are moving toward each other

CO-nvergent/CO-me together Subduction boundary: An area where

an oceanic plate goes beneath another plate

Results in volcanoes

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Collision Plate Boundary

Collision Boundary: Type of convergent boundary in which 2 continents may become 1 continent

Example: Himalayas->result of India pushing into China at a rate of 5cm per year

Transform Boundary

Transform Boundary: Located between 2 plates that are sliding past each other.

According to page 5 of the ESRT, where is there a transform boundary?

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Causes of Plate Movement Mantle convection: The process in which heat

from Earth’s inner and outer cores is transferred through the mantle

Ridge push: A force exerted by cooling, subsiding rock on the spreading lithospheric plates at the mid-ocean ridge

Slab pull: A force at a subduction boundary that the sinking edge of the sinking plate exerts on the rest of the plate

Visualization

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