Plate Tectonics

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Subduction

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One plate goes under another plate.

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Ring of Fire

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The area around the Pacific Plate where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

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Transform Boundary

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A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.

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Convergent Boundary

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A boundary where two plates collide, often forming mountains.

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Divergent Boundary

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A boundary where two plates move apart, often creating rift valleys or mid-ocean ridges.

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Earthquake

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A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates.

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Volcano

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An opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics at divergent boundaries.

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Oceanic Trench

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A deep valley in the ocean floor formed at convergent boundaries where one plate subducts under another.

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Rift Valley

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A lowland region formed by the divergence of tectonic plates.