Plate Boundaries

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What is a destructive plate margin?
The oceanic crust sinks below the continental crust causing it to melt
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What is a constructive plate margin?
Two oceanic plates moving away from each other allowing magma to rise
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What is a conservative plate margin?
Two plates moving past each other causing friction and earthquakes
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What is a constructive plate margin?

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Two oceanic plates moving away from each other allowing magma to rise

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What is a conservative plate margin?

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