Plate Tectonics Vocab Part 2 Review

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Occurs where two plates move apart

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Divergent Boundary

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A deep valley formed as tectonic plates move apart, like along a mid-ocean ridge.

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Rift Valley

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Occurs where two plates push together

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Convergent Boundary

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Occurs where two plates scrape past each other

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Transform Boundary

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Switch in Earth's magnetic field where north and south poles swap.

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Magnetic Reversal

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An area where hot material rises from Earth's mantle, heating the lithosphere and causing volcanic activity.

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Hot Spot

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Process where an oceanic tectonic plate sinks into the mantle

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Subduction

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Boundary where oceanic crust sinks beneath another oceanic plate.

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Oceanic-Oceanic

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Boundary where oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust

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Oceanic-Continental

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Boundary where two continental plates push together

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Continental-Continental