Plate Boundaries

When two continental crusts collide uplifting produces large mountains.

Volcanic mountains form near a subduction zone.

When two continental crusts collide both plates are subducted.

There are three types of plate boundaries.

The mantle is divided into several pieces called plates.

Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust.

Plate boundaries follow the shorelines of continents.

Divergent plate boundaries move away from each other.

The Himalayas are found at a subduction zone.

Transform boundaries collide with each other.

Convergent boundary plate edges move in a series of sudden spurts that produce earthquakes.

Convergent boundaries slide past each other.

Plate boundaries are easy to find.

Most divergent plate boundaries are found in the ocean.

A mid-oceanic ridge is a type of transform boundary.

There are two types of collisions that are possible at a convergent boundary.

Island arcs are found at divergent boundaries.

When two oceanic crusts collide a trench is formed.

Trenches are found on land and in the ocean.

Along the center of the mid-ocean ridge is a separate plate.