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continental drift

small distances plates move each year

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plate boundaries

where plates meet

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divergent (constructive) boundary

plates move apart, magma rises through crash and forms new crust

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mid atlantic ridge

formed by divergent plates

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convergent (destructive) boundary

plates move towards each other

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oceanic + continental (convergent)

oceanic plate slides under (subduction) volcanoes form e.g andes mountains

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continental + continental (convergent)

plates collide, fold mountains formed, e.g himalayas

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transform (conservative) boundary

slide past each other, causes earthquakes

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convection currents

cause the plates to move