.At spreading boundaries, plates move away from each
other and gaps form between the plates. Convection
currents cause magma to rise from the mantle through
these gaps. Huge valleys can form. This type of plate
movement is responsible for seafloor spreading. The
Mid-Atlantic Ridge formed at plate boundaries that
were moving apart.At fracture boundaries, plates slide past each other.
This break in Earth's crust is called a fault. The
movement of the plates past each other can cause
strong earthquakes.The area where two plates push against each other is
called a colliding boundary. When plates collide, one
plate might slide beneath the other. When plates carry
continents into each other, towering mountains form.
Other times, deep ocean trenches, earthquakes, and
volcanoes can result.
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