1. Learning About Plate Boundaries

2. Converging (coming together) Boundary
Plates moving toward each other CRASH!
Create mountains like the Himalayas
Produces strong earthquakes.

3. Going Under Boundary
Nazca plate being pushed under South American plate
Creating Andes Mountains
Volcanoes and earthquakes occur

4. Divergent (pulling apart) Boundary
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mostly on the ocean floor.
Iceland only place you can see it on land
Lava pushes up through cracks
Earthquakes and volcanoes may occur
Ocean basins form

5. Transform Boundary (Faults)
Plates sliding past each other
San Andreas Fault in California
Pacific plate sliding past North American plate
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur