Question

Identify the types of tectonic plate boundaries.

Answer 1

Answer:

From left to right:

- convergent plate boundary

- divergent plate boundary

- convergent plate boundary

Explanation:

Convergent plate boundaries are the ones where the tectonic plates are moving toward one another. This creates subduction zones, trenches, volcanoes (especially strato volcanoes), mountain ranges, earthquakes. This is also where the crust that subducts gets melted into the mantle. The divergent plate boundaries are the ones where the tectonic plates are moving away from one another. They live a gap between them, and through it the magma manages to penetrate from the mantle, reaches the ocean floor, and continuously creates new crust, pushing the old crust sideways and away from the boundary.

Answer 2

Answer: the image containing the identified plate tectonic boundaries is given below-

The three types of plate tectonic boundary are as follows-

1. Convergent plate boundary- here the two plates moves towards each other, producing a volcanic arc/an island arc/mountain belt.
2. Divergent plate boundary- here the two plates move away from each other, producing a rift valley/mid oceanic ridge.
3. Transform plate boundary- here the plate just slide past one another without any creation or destruction of plates.