Plate tectonics summary

Types	Process		Types of plates	Landforms	Examples
Divergent Plate Boundary	A) 2 oceanic plates move away from each other      B) Magma rises at fracture to create ridge      C) Create volcanoes if magma builds above sea level		Oceanic - Oceanic plate	Oceanic ridges Volanic islands	Mid-Atlantic Ridge Azores in North Atlantic Ocean
	A) 2 continental plates move away from each other      B) Stretched and cause fractures at boundary      C) Land in between sinks and forms rift valley and volcanoes		Continental - Continental plate	Rift valley Volcanoes	Great Rift Valley of East Africa Cascade Range volcanoes
Convergent Plate Boundary	A) 2 oceanic plates move towards each other      B) Denser oceanic plate subducts under the less dense plate      C) Forms oceanic trench at subduction zone      D) Crust of subducted plate melts and form magma      E) Magma rises and forms volcanoes or island arc      F) Earthquakes occur due to friction from subduction		Oceanic - Oceanic plate	Oceanic trenches Volcanoes Island Arc	Mariana Trench Mount Etna Mariana Islands
	A) 2 continental plates collide towards each other      B) Crust compresses and folds      C) Massive folding forms a range of fold mountains		Continental - Continental plate	Mountain Range	Himalayas
	A) 2 oceanic plates move towards each other      B) Denser oceanic plate subducts under the less dense            continental plate      C) Forms oceanic trench at subduction zone      D) Crust of subducted plate melts and form magma      E) Continental plate folds into fold mountains      F) Magma rises through crust and forms volcanoes		Oceanic - Continental plate	Oceanic trenches Mountain ranges	Sunda Trench Barisan Mountains
Transform Plate Boundary	A) 2 plates slide past each other      B) Creates stress and tension      C) Tension released as earthquakes		Continental - Continental Continental - Oceanic plate Oceanic - Oceanic plate	None	North Anatolian Fault San Andreas Fault