Explain the three types of plate boundaries?
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THERE ARE THREE MAIN TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
1]CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES
WHEN TWO PLATES COME TOGETHER AND COLLIDES WITH EACH OTHER AND THE OTHER MOVES UP TO TOWARDS THE LAYER
2]DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES
WHEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES MOVES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER IS CALLED DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES
3] TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES
WHEN TWO PLATES STARTS TO SLIDE AGAINST EACH OTHER IS CALLED TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES
The three types of plate boundaries:
1: Convergent Boundaries :-
This is formed when plates come towards eachother. In this, one of the plate rises above the another plate forming mountains & high elevations. ( see attached file 1 )
2: Divergent Boundaries :-
This is formed when plates move away from eachother. These can be observed easily displaying with a big crack & break down of land into two parts. ( see attached file 2 )
3: Transform Boundaries :-
This is formed when plates move horizontally past to each other. ( see attached file 3 )