229k views
17 votes
4 types of plate boundaries and earth features they form

1 Answer

8 votes
Answer:

- Divergent plate boundary, which causes volcanic activity and shallow earthquakes.

- Convergent plate boundary, which has one plate that “dives (‘subducts’) beneath the other, resulting in a variety of earthquakes and a line of volcanos on the overriding plate”

- Transform plate boundary, where plates slide laterally past one another, producing shallow earthquakes but little to no volcanic activity.

- Hotspot, “where a plate rides over a rising plume of hot mantle, creating a line of volcanoes on top of the plate.”
User VishwaKumar
by
7.5k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.