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    This document describes three types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform. At a divergent boundary, two plates move apart and new basaltic oceanic crust is formed by magma rising from the mantle. At a convergent boundary, two plates collide and one plate is subducted, forming volcanoes and mountains; new granite continental crust is created. At a transform boundary, two plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes but no new crust is formed or destroyed.

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    This document describes three types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform. At a divergent boundary, two plates move apart and new basaltic oceanic crust is formed by magma rising from the mantle. At a convergent boundary, two plates collide and one plate is subducted, forming volcanoes and mountains; new granite continental crust is created. At a transform boundary, two plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes but no new crust is formed or destroyed.

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    This document describes three types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform. At a divergent boundary, two plates move apart and new basaltic oceanic crust is formed by magma rising from the mantle. At a convergent boundary, two plates collide and one plate is subducted, forming volcanoes and mountains; new granite continental crust is created. At a transform boundary, two plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes but no new crust is formed or destroyed.

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    This document describes three types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform. At a divergent boundary, two plates move apart and new basaltic oceanic crust is formed by magma rising from the mantle. At a convergent boundary, two plates collide and one plate is subducted, forming volcanoes and mountains; new granite continental crust is created. At a transform boundary, two plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes but no new crust is formed or destroyed.

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    TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARY

    DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY


    What happens to the clay?
     As the strips of clay were pulled from the
    opposite ends, cracks on top were
    formed. Continue pulling away eventually
    separated uneven parts of the clay.
    DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
     A divergent boundary occurs when two
    tectonic plates move away from each other.
     Lava spews from long fissures and geysers
    spurt superheated water.
     Frequent earthquakes strike along the rift.
    Beneath the rift, magma –molten rock –
    rises from the mantle.
     It oozes up into the gap and hardens into
    solid rock, forming new crust on the torn
    edges of the plates.
     Magma solidifies into basalt, a dark, dense
    rock that underlies the ocean floor. Thus at
    divergent, oceanic crust, made of basalt, is
    created.
    CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
    What happens to the clay between
    the two cardboard sheets?
     As the sheets of paper move toward
    each other, it creates bulges at the
    middle.
    CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

    When two plates come together, it is


    known as a convergent boundary.
     The impact of the two colliding plates buckles the
    edge of one or both plates up into a rugged
    mountain range, and sometimes bends the other
    down into a deep seafloor trench. A chain of
    volcanoes often forms parallel to the boundary, to
    the mountain range, and to the trench. Powerful
    earthquakes shake a wide area on both sides of
    the boundary.
     If one of the colliding plates is topped with
    oceanic crust, it is forced down into the
    mantle where it begins to melt. Magma
    rises into and through the other plate,
    solidifying into new crust.
     Magma formed from melting plates
    solidifies into granite, a light colored, low-
    density rock that makes up the
    continents.Thus at convergent
    boundaries, continental crust, made of
    granite, is created, and oceanic crust is
    destroyed.
    TRANSFORM-FAULT BOUNDARY
    What happens to the clay?
     As the paper move in opposite direction,
    cracks were formed at the opposite
    direction.The strips of clay were stretched,
    bent upward and downward. Some parts
    form bulges while some formed
    depression.
    TRANSFORM-FAULT BOUNDARY

     Two plates sliding past each other form


    a transform plate boundary.
     Natural or human-made structures that
    cross a transform boundary are offset-
    split into pieces and carried in opposite
    directions.
     Rocks that line the boundary are
    pulverized as the plates grind along,
    creating a linear fault valley or undersea
    canyon.
     As the plates alternately jam and jump
    against each other, earthquakes rattle
    through a wide boundary zone.
    In contrast to convergent and
    divergent boundaries, no magma is
    formed.Thus, crust is cracked and
    broken at transform margins, but is
    not created or destroyed.

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