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Continental Volcanic ArcAre mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent. -
Convergent Plate BoundaryA boundary in which two plates move toward each other, causing one of the slabs of the lithosphere to subduct beneath an overriding plates. -
Divergent Plate Boundarya region where the crustal plates moving apart. -
Earthquakevibration of earth due to the rapid release of energy -
Faulta break in a rock along which movement has occurred -
Trencha depression in the seafloor produced by subduction process -
Hot Spota concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating a magma -
Plate Tectonicsis the theory which suggests that Earths crust is made up of plates that interact in various ways, thus producing earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes and other geologic features. -
Platesrigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit -
Transform Fault Boundarya boundary produced when two plates slide past each other. -
Mid Ocean ridgea continuous mass of land with log width and height on the ocean floor -
Continental Crustthe thick part of the earth's crust not located under the ocean -
Oceanic Crustthe thin part of the earth's crust located under the ocean -
Fractureany break in the rock in which no significant movement has taken place -
Magmaa mass of molten rock formed at depth, including dissolved gases and crystals
