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| Tectonic plate boundary where two plates move in opposite directions; creates a spreading zone/ridge. |
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| Convergent Plate Boundary |
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| When two tectonic plates move into one another, with one being subducted (going below) the other. |
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| When one tectonic plate goes under another. |
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| Eathquake in ocean, Rockslides in to ocean, and Dramatic meterological events |
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| Snake shaped river; Usually formed on floodplains, very shallow. |
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| River that has many forks, or channels; created from an increase in slope of the river. |
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| The main cause of ocean waves |
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| Wind; waves are much larger in the open ocean. |
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| The vertical distance between the crest and the trough. |
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| The horizontal distance between each crest or each trough. |
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| The time it takes for two successive waves to pass a particular point. For example, it you are standing on a pier and start a stopwatch as the crest of a wave passes and then stop the stopwatch as the crest of the next wave passes, you have measured the wave period. |
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| The number of waves that pass a particular point in a given time period. |
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| Equal to one-half the wave height or the distance from either the crest or the trough to the still-water line. |
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