Long term I think because it takes a while for forest to be filled again
        
             
        
        
        
0.5. This is because if the cells have not swollen or shrunk then the water potential (and therefore amount of solute) inside and surrounding the cell must be equal. 
        
             
        
        
        
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As the sinking plate moves deeper into the mantle, fluids are released from the rock causing the overlying mantle to partially melt. The new magma (molten rock) rises and may erupt violently to form volcanoes, often building arcs of islands along the convergent boundary.
 
        
             
        
        
        
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No they don't have joined.