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Divergent
Formed- magma rises and pushes plates apart

motion- The rising current pushes up on the bottom of the lithosphere, lifting it and flowing laterally beneath it. This lateral flow causes the plate material above to be dragged along in the direction of flow.

Examples- 1.Mid-Atlantic Ridge- //splits Atlantic Ocean north to south. its the best-known and most-studied example of a divergent-plate// 2. East pacific rise-separates the [|Pacific Plate] from the [|Antarctic], [|Nazca], and [|Cocos Plates]. 3. East Africa rift in Kenya- the Nubian Plate makes up most of Africa, while the smaller plate that is pulling away has been named the Somalian Plate

Sub-sections- 1.spreading-moving apart from each other.



=Convergent= Formed- a plate collides with or drives under another motion- When this stress is released quickly, it sends massive vibrations, called seismic waves.

Examples: 1. Himalayas- formed indian plate and asia plate. 2. Mariana island-oceanic plate colides with continentel plate, the denser oceanic plates submearges beaneath the less dense plate 3. western coast of south America-southerly side is a complex boundary with the Antarctic Plate and the Scotia Plate. Sub-section Subduction boundaries- its when 1 plate slides under one another [ocean or land] Collision boundaries- continents collide

=Transform= Formed- two plates grind against each other

motion-halting motion often triggers large earthquakes.

Subsection- sliding-moving in opposite directions.

Example- 2. fracture zones along mid-ocean ridges- A area of ocean riders that are broken by transform faults. 3.North antolian fault- [|Eurasian Plate] and the [|Anatolian Plate].
 * //1. San Andreas fault//**- most famous earthquake in the united states, where north american and pacific plate slide past each other.

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