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divergent
- plates move away from each other
mid-ocean ridges
- what forms in divergent plate boundaries
convergent
- plates move toward each other
oceanic-oceanic
- happens when one of the oceanic plates is subducted (forced below the edge of) into the mantle
magma rises
- why do volcanoes form in oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries
volcanoes
and
trenches
- what forms in oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundaries
oceanic-continental
- happens when oceanic plate is subducted (forced below the edge of) into the mantle
mountain ranges containing volcanoes
- what forms in oceanic-continental convergent plate boundaries
continental-continental
- neither plates is fully subducted but they are forced into one another
tall mountains
- what forms in continental-continental convergent plate boundary
mid-ocean ridges
- what forms in oceanic-oceanic divergent boundaries
rift valleys
- what forms in continental-continental divergent boundaries