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Types of Plate boundaries
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- 1What is a transform plate boundary?A transform boundary is a plate margin that slides past another. For example, the San Andreas Fault.
- 2How does a transform plate boundary form?Plates are always moving. A transform boundary forms when two plates slide past each other.
- 3What is a divergent boundary?Two plate boundaries moving apart, also known as constructive or tensional plate boundary.
- 4What is a convergent boundary?A convergent boundary, also known as a destructive or compressional boundary, is when two plates are moving towards each other.
- 5On which types of boundaries are volcanoes usually found?Constructive and destructive boundaries, but not transform boundaries.
- 6On which type of boundary are earthquakes commonly found?Convergent boundaries. However, they also occur at divergent and transform boundaries, too.
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- Higher School Certificate Geography Flashcards on Types of Plate boundaries , created by Aaishah Din on 05/07/2017.
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