Plate boundaries

This is a brief explamation to the Plate Tectonic Boundaries and movements.

Three types of plate boundaries diagram

The earth's plates are restless! They move apart, bump into each other, and sideswipe each other! The San Andreas Fault just can't sit still. Find out what happens when plates rub against each other!

The world is a dynamic place. The earth that we stand on, and think of as fixed, is anything but. The most unstable areas of all are the plate boundar

We are in Unit 4-7 of Layers of Learning and today's science lesson was on plate tectonics. We do science once a week, usually on Tuesday or Wednesday . . .

We can blame plate tectonics for many catastrophes over time – earthquakes, volcanoes, geothermal activity, tsunamis and landslides – while people living on mountain ranges or small islands can thank the work of plate tectonics for providing them with somewhere to live. So what are tectonic plates and how do they cause all this change?

When tectonic plates collide, is it anybody's fault? When plates collide, or converge, the results can be earth-shaking! Graham cracker squares make a safe model of what happens when plates collide!

When two or more tectonic plates near the end of their life cycle, it creates a convergent boundary.

Convergent plate boundaries form the world's most intense volcanoes, deepest ocean trenches, and highest mountains. Explore how they're created.

Learn about tectonic plate boundary types and what is happening at convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.