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Transform plate boundary · relative plate movement

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  1. 12This process takes one tectonic plate down beneath another.RECALL
    Subduction

    It recycles crust into the mantle

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  2. 13This long underwater mountain chain forms where tectonic plates spread apart.RECALL
    Mid-ocean ridge

    New oceanic crust forms there

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  3. 14Rock formed from cooled magma or lavaRECALL
    Igneous rock

    Granite and basalt are examples

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