Question

Explain the relationship between plate boundaries and the very powerful natural disasters, like earthquakes and volcanic activities. Can you give some examples so I understand.

Answer 1

Answer:

There are three types of plate boundaries. Each of them have natural disasters that they cause.

Explanation:

1. divergent boundaries- two plates are moving away form each other and magma moves up into the empty space

a. two continental plates make a rift valley; such as the east african rift valley

b. two ocean plates make rifts and ridges; such as the mid-atlantic rift

2. convergent boundaries- a direct collision of one plate with another

a. one oceanic plate and one continental plate form volcanoes; such as mount saint helens

b. two continental plates push up onto each other and make a folded mountain; such as mount everest

c. two oceanic plates form an island arc; such as japan island

3. transform boundaries two plates slide past each other creating a fault

a. not many examples of this, but san andreas fault in california is one

I hope this was helpful!!