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what happens to the plates at a divergent plate boundary?
the plates move apart
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what happens to the plates at a convergent plate boundary?
The plates push together
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what happens to the plates at a conservative plate boundary?
the plastes slide past eachother
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what type of earthquakes are at conservative boundaries?
shallow earthquakes with high magnitude
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what earthquakes happen at divergent plate boundaries
large numbers of shallow and low magnitude earthquakes
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what earthquakes happen at a convergent plate boundary?
frequent high magnitude earthquakes and frequent volcanos
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what happens to the plates at a convergent plate boundary?

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