Plate

Boundaries
Determine the type of stress associated with plate
boundaries. ( S10ES-Ia-j-36.2)

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Identify and describe Identify the type of Determine the type of

the movement of the plate boundary stress associated with
different types of plate associated with each plate boundaries.
boundaries. major lithospheric
plate.
Tectonic Plates
Plate Boundaries
Convection
3 Types of Plate Boundaries:

Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Fault Boundary
Divergent Boundary
- occurs when two
tectonic plates move
away from each other.

- Tension is the major

type of stress at
divergent plate
boundaries.
Divergent Boundary – results in a rift or a
ridge

• A. CONTINENTAL-CONTINENTAL – rift

• B. OCEANIC-OCEANIC – (Seafloor Spreading_ Mid Ocean

Ridge
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
• is an area on Earth where
two or more lithospheric
plates collide.
• Compression is the most
common stress at
convergent plate
boundaries.
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
A. Continental-Oceanic “Subduction “ - Continental Volcanic Arc
(Trenches)

B. Oceanic-Oceanic “Subduction “ – Volcanic Island Arc (Trenches)

C. Continental-Continental- Mountain Belt

Continental-Oceanic
Oceanic-Oceanic
Continental-
Continental
Transform Boundary
• are places where plates slide
sideways past each other.

• Shear stress is experienced at

transform boundaries where two
plates are sliding past each other.