Question

what are tectonic plates?distinguish between converging and diverging plates

Answer 1

When tectonic platesmove towards each other, they are called converging plates. Whentectonic plates move away from each other, they are called diverging plates. They collide or crumble or one of them slides under the other while moving towards each other.

Answer 2

the two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches.