Bell ringer- How could you describe the different types of plate boundaries that you see

on this diagram?

Today:-Boundary types notes

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Continental Drift-Plate Boundary

Types

Tectonic Plates on Modern Earth

There are three main types of plate boundaries:

•1- Convergent

•2- Divergent

•3- Transform

1. Convergent (aka subduction zone) boundaries – where one plate overrides another plate. Each plate is bounded by some combination of these three plate boundary types.

2. Divergent (aka spreading) boundaries – where plates are moving apart

3. Transform fault boundaries – where plates are moving past each other

The material making up the plates can be divided in two types: i. Oceanic crust ii. Continental crust

So which of these could be axial?

Which could show

Oregon?

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Tectonic Plates on Modern Earth