1. Earth Science Notes
Boundary Types

2. Plate Boundaries
Plate boundaries are found at the edge of the lithospheric plates and are of three types, convergent, divergent and transform.

3. Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plates
When plates move apart

4. Plate Boundaries
Example of a divergent boundary

5. Plate Boundaries
Examples of Divergent Plate Boundaries

6. Plate Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
When plates slide by each other

7. Plate Boundaries
Examples of Transform Plate Boundaries

8. Plate Boundaries
Convergent Plates:
When plates move toward each other

9. Plate Boundaries
Subductions Zones - created where plates collide
                                                                                                                  

10. Plate Boundaries
Examples of convergent boundaries

11. Plate Boundaries

14. Summary of Unit Plate Tectonics Seafloor Spreading Plate Boundaries
Explanation of Theory
Evidence of Theory
Seafloor Spreading
Magnetic Reversals
Age of rock near Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Plate Boundaries
Convergent
Divergent
Transform