OCEAN CRUST MID-OCEAN RIDGE

MANTLE

MAGMA

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Divergent boundary of two continental plates.

Creates a __________. Example: ________________rift valley East African Rift

CONTINENTAL CRUST

LITHOSPHERE

MANTLE

FOLDED MOUNTAINS

Forms mountains, e.g. European Alps, Himalayas

Convergent boundary of two continental plates. Forms a ______ mountain range. Examples: ___________, Alps, and ____________.

foldedHimalayas Appalachians

Convergent boundary of two oceanic plates.

Creates an _________ and a ______. Example: ______

island arc trench Japan

CONTINENTAL CRUST

VOLCANO

OCEAN CRUST

TRENCH

LITHOSPHERE

MANTLE

MELTING CRUST

Convergent boundary of an oceanic plate and a continental plate. Forms a ________ mountain range and a _______. Examples: ________ or _______ Mts

volcanictrench Cascades Andes

Transform-fault boundary where the North American and Pacific plates are moving ____ each other.

Example: ________________ in California

past

San Andreas Fault

Convection currents

divergent

rift valley

an island arc and a trench

folded