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Plate boundaries


Plate boundaries are when two tectonic plates meet, there are 3 main things that can happen.


Convergent Boundaries: this is when two tectonic plates both move to each other and collide. ><

Divergent Boundaries: This is when two tectonic plates move away from each other, this could course a convergent boundaries. ⃪<>

Transform Boundaries: this is when two tectonic slide horizontally. ↑↓

here is a video that goes into more depth.

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Britannica

Plate motions cause mountains to rise where plates push together, or converge, and continents to fracture and oceans to form where plates pull apart, or diverge...

USGS

The tectonic plates divide the Earth's crust into distinct "plates" that are always slowly moving. Earthquakes are concentrated along these plate boundaries.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Earth’s lithosphere, which includes the crust and upper mantle, is made up of a series of pieces, or tectonic plates, that move slowly overeate ( read more )

 The 3 main boundaries

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Convergent Boundaries: collide into each other.

Divergent Boundaries: when two plates move away from each other.

Transform Boundaries: when they slide against each other.

There are 3 main plate boundaries, and it happens when tectonic plates move.

When big chunks of the earth move and they can move away from each other, head but into each other and move on the side from each other.