Use Graphic 2 to discuss convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries. Explain why each of these boundaries has the particular observable phenomena the students have seen. 14. Have the students ...

Transform boundaries neither create nor consume crust. Rather, two plates move against each other, building up tension, then releasing the tension in a sudden and often violent jerk. This sudden ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...