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 ...

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 ...

New crust is continually being pushed away from divergent boundaries (where sea ... The boundary where the two plates meet is called a convergent boundary. Deep trenches appear at these boundaries ...