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consructive plate boundary
movement of convection currents causes two plates to move away from each other and magma rises in the gap forming new land.
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destructive plate boundary
movements of convection currents pushes the continental and oceanic together. the oceanic crust is denser so it is pushed down into the mantle. this is called subduction
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conservative plate boundary
two plates slide past each other but they get stuck and over time pressure builds up and they move past each other
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collision plate boundary
two continental plates collide and they are both forced up and they form mountains
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