Answer:
Convergent boundaries occur when
two plate slide toward each other to form either a subduction zone or a continental
collision. When two tectonic plates converge, the crust is destroyed and
recycled back into the interior of the Earth as one plate dives under another.
Mountains and volcanoes area often found where plates converge. The Himalayas
were formed due to the converging of the Eurasian plate with the
Indo-Australian plate.
As divergent boundaries, new crust is
created as two plates pull away from each other. Oceans are born and grow wider
where plates diverge or pull apart. When a diverging boundary occurs on land, a
'rift' will arise and the mass of land will break apart into distinct land
masses. A divergent boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates has
caused a ridge in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. (5)
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