Geological events Vocab.

Front

Dense oceanic plate pushed beneath less dense continental plate

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Convergent subduction boundary

Front

Plates moving AWAY from each other

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Divergent boundary

Front

Sea floor spreading, rifts form

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Divergent boundary

Front

Forms volcanic mountain chains

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Convergent subduction boundary

Front

Plates moving towards each other; tall mountain chains

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Convergent boundary

Front

Plates grind past each other

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Transform boundary

Front

Earthquakes and faults

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Transform boundary

Front

Contains the crust and upper mantle

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Lithosphere

Front

Rigid plates

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Lithosphere

Front

Middle and lower mantle

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Asthenosphere