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Collison Boundary
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(zone) A converging boundary that is formed when 2 lithosphere plates collide; when 2 continental plates collide they are welded in-2 a single, larger continent; When an oceanic and continental plates collide a trench with volcanic mountains form; when 2 oceanic plates collide a trench with an island arc forms
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also called a zone...is formed when 2 lithosphere plates collide
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Convection
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Transfer of heat energy in a fluid (gas or liquid)
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its the transfer od somthing (*gas / liquid)
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Converging or Convergent Boundary
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Forms when 2 lithosphere plates come together, or converge (collide)
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it forms when something comes together
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Crust
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this, outermost layer of the earth
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what everyone lives on
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Divergent Boundary
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Also called a spreading center; where 2 adjacent plates are moving away from each other
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its also called a spreading center
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Earthquakes
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Vibration caused by the sudden movemeber of the earths crust
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something california has alot of and is caused by what we live on
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Fault
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Block mountains, mountains formed from blocks of crust that have been faulted and tilted as the same time
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also called block mountains
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Fold
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Bend in rock with an anticline (up-fold) and suncline (down-fold)
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it ends with these 2 things...
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Inner core
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Solid, innermost center of the earth
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its solid and inside the earth
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Lithosphere
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Outer solid shell of Earth that extends to a depth of about 100 km
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the outer shell of a planet
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Mantle
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Layer of the Earth that extends from the bottom of the crust to the outer core
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2nd layer of the earth
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Metamorphism
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Undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced a constructuive (divergent) plate boundary
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an undersea mountain chain...
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Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced a constructive (divergent) plate boundary
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same as metamorphism
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Outer Core
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Layer of the Earth surrounding the inner core; liquid iron and nickel
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surrounds the inner core
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Piedmont
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the largest physiographic province in virginia; bounded on the east by the fall zone and on the west by the mountains of the blue ridge
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largest physiographic province in va
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