Lesson 13.4 Flashcards
are
formed when two plates
move away from each other
resulting in the rising of the
molten material.
Divergent boundaries
Divergent boundaries may form
continental rifts.
(rift valley, narrow sea, mid oceanic ridge)
are formed when two plates move toward each other
Convergent boundaries
the continental crust remains buoyant while the oceanic crust starts to sink into the mantle
which convergence
oceanic-continental convergence
happens when two oceanic crusts converge and the denser oceanic crust sinks beneath the other oceanic crust.
which convergence
Oceanic-oceanic convergence
happens when a continental crust moves toward another landmass
which convergence
Continental-continental convergence
(also transform fault boundaries) happen when two plates simply slide horizontally past each other.
Transform plate boundaries
destructive, constructive, conservative