Plate+Boundaries

Plate Boundaries
**3b. Students know the principal structures that form at the three different kinds of plate boundaries.



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There are 3 primary types of Tectonic Plate boundaries: Divergent boundaries; Covergent boundaries; and Transform boundaries. As the giant plates move, diverging [pulling apart] or converging [coming together] along their borders, tremendous energies are unleashed resulting in tremors that transform Earth’s surface. While all the plates appear to be moving at different relative speeds and independently of each other, the whole mess of plates are interconnected. No single plate can move without affecting others, and the activity of one can influence another thousands of miles away. **