Divergent, Convergent, and Transform Boundaries

• 1. DIVERGENT PLATES: Divergent plates pull apart from each other.
• CONVERGENT PLATES: Convergent plates move towards one another.
• Divergent plate boundaries are where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
• TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES: The plates slide past each other horizontally.
• Convergent plate boundaries occur when two tectonic plates collide with each other.
• The three types of divergent plate boundaries include constructive margins (oceanic-continental), destructive margins (oceanic-oceanic), and conservative margins (continental-continental).
• Transform plate boundaries happen when two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
• Constructive Margins - Occur at oceanic-continental convergences, where the denser oceanic crust is subducted beneath the less dense continental crust.
• Continental-continental convergence results in mountain building and no volcanism or earthquakes.
• The three types of convergent plate boundaries include oceanic-oceanic convergence, continental-continental convergence, and oceanic-continental convergence.
• Subduction is a process in plate tectonics where one lithospheric plate sinks down into the mantle when it meets another plate
• Oceanic-oceanic convergence occurs when two oceanic plates collide with each other, resulting in the formation of an island arc and a deep oceanic trench on the side away from the continent.