Tectonic plates
Have you ever wonder what a convergent, divergent, and transform boundary is well if you don't know what they are I will be answering that for you in these few pages, and some other interesting details that will want you to keep reading, like do you know what is the movement of divergent boundaries, and why transform boundaries only cause earthquakes? these are all interesting questions you will find out on this website, and more.
Convergent Boundary
Plates that crash or crunch together is called convergent boundaries. When the plates come together one is pushed down beneath the other. There is three types of convergent boundaries (Continental to Continental), (Oceanic to Oceanic), and (Continental to Oceanic).
Continental to Continental is when two continental plates come together, and the land above it starts to make mountain ranges.
Oceanic to Oceanic is when two oceanic plates come together.
Continental to Oceanic is when a continental plate and an oceanic plate come together and one of the plates which would be the denser one is forced under the less denser one, after that the plate gets pushed farther into the Earth, and begins to heat up and melt causing magma to rise and create volcanoes.
Continental to Continental is when two continental plates come together, and the land above it starts to make mountain ranges.
Oceanic to Oceanic is when two oceanic plates come together.
Continental to Oceanic is when a continental plate and an oceanic plate come together and one of the plates which would be the denser one is forced under the less denser one, after that the plate gets pushed farther into the Earth, and begins to heat up and melt causing magma to rise and create volcanoes.
Divergent Boundary:
Divergent boundaries are areas were continental areas or oceanic plates are drifting away from each other,and which is creating new crust. When the oceanic plates are moving away from each other it is called the zone of divergence. Divergent boundaries are formed when the Earth's fragile surface layer which is the lithosphere is pulled apart from each other. It usually breaks along the parallel faults that is slightly visible from each other. As the plates seperate from each other along the divergent boundary, the block between the faults crack down into the squishy , plastic inside which is the asthenosphere. The magma which is the liquid rock sweeps upward to fill the cracks, and then the new crust is formed.
Transform
A transform boundary is when two plates slide past each other. When the two plates slide past each other sometimes they get caught or hooked onto each other. When they try to pull free they build up lots of energy, and finally when
one of the plates release or unhook from each other all of the tension is let go, which is then creates the plates to shake dangerously creating an earthquake.
one of the plates release or unhook from each other all of the tension is let go, which is then creates the plates to shake dangerously creating an earthquake.