A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

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convergent plate boundary
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The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
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Pangaea
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A current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid.
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convection current
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Definition: the boundary between two plates that slide past each other
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transform plate boundary
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Boundary between tectonic plates in which the two plates move away from each other, and new crust is created between them
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divergent plate boundary
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extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate.
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trench
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An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed.
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mid-ocean ridge
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a convergent boundary where a denser oceanic plate is plunging beneath another plate
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subduction zone
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