Convergent, Divergent, and Transform Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries are when two plates push against each other.
• Convergent Boundaries are also called as?

  Destructive Plate Boundaries
• There are three different types of Convergent Boundaries:

  1. Continental to Continental
  2. Oceanic to Oceanic
  3. Continental to Oceanic
• C-O Convergent Boundaries are where the continental crust meets the oceanic crust. Since the oceanic plate is denser, it'll subduct beneath the continental plate.
• What is the process of a plate going beneath another plate?

  Subduction
• C-O Convergent Boundaries are known to form geologic features like?

  Trench
• One of the most popular trench in the world is the Mariana Trench
• Trench are long and narrow depressions on the seafloor; Deepest parts of the ocean.
• C-C convergent boundary are the site wherein two continental crusts meet one another.
• Since both Continental crusts in C-C Convergent boundary are almost equal in density, they can't fully be pushed beneath one another. So, the lithosphere compresses and folds.
• C-C Convergent boundary form a prominent geologic feature called?

  Mountain Range
• Mountain Range are also known as Hill range; is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.
• What is one popular mountain range in the world?

  Himalayas Mountain Range.
• The Andes mountain range is the longest mountain range, whereas the Himalayas mountain range is the tallest mountain range.
• O-O Convergent Boundary is the site where oceanic crust meets another oceanic crust. Since both crusts are dense, the older and much denser oceanic crust subducts.
• Prominent Geologic Features Formed by the O-O Convergent Boundary are?

  • Volcano
  • Volcanic Islands
• Trench is an elongated depression on the sea floor that forms at convergent plate boundaries when two plates collide with each other.
• Is where two plates move apart from each other?

  Divergent Boundaries
• Divergent Boundaries are also known as "Constructive Plate Boundaries".
• Divergent boundaries only occur only oceanic or only continental plates.
• C-C Divergent Boundaries is the separation of?

  Two Continental Plates.
• What is the prominent geologic features formed through C-C Divergent Boundary?

  Ridge.
• A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated, geomorphologic landform; steep sides.
• O-O Divergent Boundary is the separation of the two oceanic plates.
• A prominent geologic feature of O-O Divergent Boundary are Mid-Oceanic Ridge.
• Mid-Oceanic Ridge is a long, narrow, elevated structural feature.
• Seafloor Spreading is a new oceanic crusts spreads away from the ridge in a conveyor belt-like motion.
• Transform Boundaries are sites where two plates horizontally past one another.
• Transform Boundaries are also called "Strike-slip boundary" or "Conservative Boundary".
• If the Transform Boundaries are present on the seafloor, it is called "Oceanic Fracture Zones". If it is present on a continental crust, it creates "Fault Zones".