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1 Divergent boundaries 2 plates move apart
Most occur at the mid ocean ridge where sea-floor spreading occurs Forms oceanic crust = Basalt When form on land = rift valley

2 Divergent boundaries 2 plates move apart
Most occur at the mid ocean ridge where sea-floor spreading occurs Forms oceanic crust = Basalt Sea-Floor Spreading Creates oceanic crust and causes the plates to move.

3 Divergent boundaries 2 plates move apart
Most occur at the mid ocean ridge where sea-floor spreading occurs Forms oceanic crust = Basalt When form on land = rift valley

4 Rift Valley

5 Great Rift Valley in Africa

6 Great Rift Valley in Africa

7 Convergent boundaries
2 plates come together Oceanic crust = more dense Continental crust = less dense Collisions Oceanic to continental = subducting oceanic plate

8 Convergent boundaries
Continental to continental = mountain building

9 Convergent boundaries
Continental to continental = mountain building Continental Crust = Granite


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