Convergent

collide come together

CRUST IS DESTROYED!!! Destruction
Zone
Continental/Continen
Subduction Zones tal

occur when the denser

plate moves below the
less dense plate & melts

Mountains form (ex.

Himalayas Indian Plate is
colliding with the
Eurasian Plate)

Converg
ent

Oceanic/Oceanic

Oceanic/Continental
oceanic plate moves
Forms trenches and
beneath the continental
volcanic arcs
plate & forms a trench
&volcanic arc (a string of
volcanoes that form on the
continental plate)

Himalayan Mountains at a
Convergent Boundary

Divergent
Divide Diverge Move away from each other
NEW CRUST IS CREATED- CONSTRUCTION ZONE
Occurs on the ocean floor
Plates diverge & new rock form
as magma rises to fill the gap
This process is call sea floor
spreading
Can also occur on LANDcalled
a Rift Valley

Transform
Side by Side
Plates slide past each other

Earthquakes occur!
Example: San Andreas Fault in
California

Review of the Boundaries