Exploring Plate Boundaries: Convergent, Divergent, and Transform

Tectonic plates form the Earth's outer shell and move in three ways: convergent, transform, and divergent boundaries. Convergent boundaries cause plates to collide, leading to earthquakes. Transform boundaries involve plates sliding past each other, while divergent boundaries see plates moving apart, creating new crust through volcanic activity. The video explains how these movements result in the creation and destruction of the Earth's crust.

What are tectonic plates?

• Types of mountain ranges

• Oceanic water bodies

• Sections of Earth's outer shell that move over the mantle

• Layers of Earth's atmosphere

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What happens at a convergent boundary?

• Volcanic activity stops

• Plates move towards each other causing earthquakes

• Plates slide past each other

• Plates move apart

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What is a transform boundary?

• Plates melt completely

• Plates move towards each other

• Plates move in opposite directions

• Plates create new crust

What occurs at a divergent boundary?

• Plates collide and create mountains

• Plates move apart and new crust forms

• All volcanic activity ceases

• Earthquakes are most frequent

How is new crust formed?

• Due to meteor impacts

• Through erosion of mountains

• By deposition of sediment

• From volcanic activity at divergent boundaries

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