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Which plate boundary causes plates to collide forming mountain ranges, volcanoes, and island arcs? Give an example of this type of plate boundary.

2. At which plate boundary do rifts and mid-oceans ridges form? Give an example of this type of plate boundary.
3. At which plate boundary do plates slide past each other while moving in opposite directions? Give an example of this type of boundary.

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Convergent plate boundary forms mountains and things, an example is the Andes mountain range.


Rifts and mid ocean ridges form at divergent boundaries, ex. mid Atlantic ridge.


Transverse boundaries are the ones that move past one another, ex. san andreas fault

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