Digital Product Example: Divergent Boundary by Karina Hedlund https://padlet.com/khedlund1/onp2xhpn2t7y en-us 2017-10-30 01:08:11 UTC 2025-10-01 17:53:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Description and Image khedlund1 https://padlet.com/khedlund1/onp2xhpn2t7y/wish/201564642 A Divergent boundary is an area where two of Earth's crustal plates are moving apart or away from one another.

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Illustration of tectonic plates moving apart . Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/118_816649/1/118_816649/cite. Accessed 29 Oct 2017.]]> 2017-10-30 01:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/khedlund1/onp2xhpn2t7y/wish/201564642 Rift Valley khedlund1 https://padlet.com/khedlund1/onp2xhpn2t7y/wish/201571718 A rift valley is a long depression with steep, cliff-like walls that is formed when two continental plates move apart at a divergent boundary.

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Great Rift Valley, Africa. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/139_1928372/1/139_1928372/cite. Accessed 29 Oct 2017.]]> 2017-10-30 01:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/khedlund1/onp2xhpn2t7y/wish/201571718 Volcano khedlund1 https://padlet.com/khedlund1/onp2xhpn2t7y/wish/201572668 A volcano is an area in Earth's crust where magma the seeps out.  When the magma reaches the crust it is called lava. Lava creates new crust as it cools and hardens. 

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West Mata underwater volcano. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1351510/1/132_1351510/cite. Accessed 29 Oct 2017.]]> 2017-10-30 02:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/khedlund1/onp2xhpn2t7y/wish/201572668 Mid-Ocean Ridge khedlund1 https://padlet.com/khedlund1/onp2xhpn2t7y/wish/201573217 A mid-ocean ridge is an underwater mountain range created at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates. As the plates move apart, magma from the mantle exits and creates mountains as it cools and hardens. 

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Ocean floor fissure. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
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