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 A)What type of boundary is below? b)What is happening/forming at the boundary?d) Give an example of a famous feature formed by this type of boundary. |
A)Divergent Boundary (Oceanic-Oceanic)b)Oceanic plates pulling apart, magma rising up-- forming underwater mountains (c) Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
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A) Divergent Boundary (Continent-Continent)b) a rift valley is formed as the continental crust pulls apartvalley---> lake----> widens to become a shallow ocean basinc) An example would be the African Rift Valley
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 A) What type of boundary is shown? b)What is happening/forming at the boundary? c) Give an example of a famous feature formed by this type of boundary.  c) Give a famous feature formed by this type of boundary |
A) Convergent Boundary (Continent-Continent)b) Plates are colliding and "fold" up because they are the same density-- form mountainsc) Himilayan Mountains
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 A)What type of boundary is shown? b)What is happening/forming at the boundary?c) Give an example of a famous feature formed by this type of boundary. |
A) Convergent Boundary (Oceanic-Oceanic Crust)b) One oceanic plate will subduct below the other-- called the subduction zone forming a TRENCH-- magma will be pushed up underwater to form volcanoes and eventually islands c) Mariana Trench & Aleutian Islands, Tonga Islands
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 A)What type of boundary is shown? b)What is happening/forming at the boundary?c) Give an example of a famous feature formed by this type of boundary. |
A) Transform boundaryb) Two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion. These areas are sites of recurring Earthquakes c) San Andreas Fault in California
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