Types of Plate Boundaries Illustrations movements Convergent Plate Boundary
Guide Questions:
1. How do the plate boundaries differ from one another?
2. What geologic feature is formed in the following?
A. Convergent boundary.
B. Divergent boundary.
C. Transform Fault boundary.
Answers & Comments
1. Divergent boundaries is where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.
Convergent boundaries is where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another.
Transform boundaries is where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.
2.
A. Trenches are geological features formed by convergent boundaries.
B. A divergent plate boundary often forms a mountain chain known as a ridge. This feature forms as magma escapes into the space between the spreading tectonic plates.
C. A transform boundary connects two diverging boundaries,creating a fault line.