What plate boundries are deep sea trenches and which are mid-ocean ridges?

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Deep sea trenches form at convergent boundaries when one plate slides underneath the other creating a deep depression. Mid-ocean ridges are formed by divergent boundaries where new basaltic magma up-wells from underneath the crust.

Use this map to determine which are which: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/plate_tectonics/plates.php

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