TWIG At the Plate Boundary Vocab

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Convergent plate boundary

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The point where two plates collide.

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Deformation

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Process of a force changing the size or shape of a rock.

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Divergent plate boundary:

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The point where two plates move apart.

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Earth's crust?

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The thin outer shell of the Earth.

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Earth's mantle?

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Part of Earth's interior between crust and core.

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Mt St Helens formed in the Cascade Mountains from the subduction of:

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Oceanic crust (basalt) going under continental crust (granite)

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High-temp magma flow in the mantle rising in a plate.

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Hotspot

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Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge is created:

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Where two plates move apart.

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Plate boundary?

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Edge of the plates.

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Rift valley:

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The point where two continental plates move apart.