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    The document summarizes the three main types of plate boundaries: convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past each other. At convergent boundaries, oceanic plates can subduct under other oceanic or continental plates, creating features like island arcs, trenches, and mountain ranges. Divergent boundaries involve the formation of new ocean crust through sea floor spreading and the development of mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys. Subduction zones occur when a denser oceanic plate is forced under a less dense plate and eventually melted.

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    The document summarizes the three main types of plate boundaries: convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past each other. At convergent boundaries, oceanic plates can subduct under other oceanic or continental plates, creating features like island arcs, trenches, and mountain ranges. Divergent boundaries involve the formation of new ocean crust through sea floor spreading and the development of mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys. Subduction zones occur when a denser oceanic plate is forced under a less dense plate and eventually melted.

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    SCIENCE 10

    Quarter 1 Worksheet 3
    Name:______________________________Grade &Section:_____________________Date:_______
    Topic: Plate Boundaries
    Learning Competencies & Code: Explain the different processes that occur along the plate boundaries. S10ES
    –Ia-j-36.3
    Content:

    Convergent boundaries: where two plates are Divergent boundaries: where two plates are
    colliding moving apart.

    Plates Surface features Plates Geologic events


    Oceanic plates converge -Island arc Oceanic plates diverge - Mid-ocean ranges
    with another oceanic -Oceanic trenches with another oceanic - New crust formed
    plates plates called sea floor
    Oceanic plates converge -Oceanic plates subduct spreading
    with continental plates -Continental plates Oceanic plates diverge -
    create mountain ranges with continental plates
    Continental plates -Large mountain ranges Continental plates - Rift
    converge with another diverge with another -Rift valleys
    continental plates continental plates -Stream or river flow

    Transform boundaries :where


    plates slide passed each other.

    Subduction zones occur when one or both of the tectonic plates are composed of
    oceanic crust. The denser plate is subducted underneath the less dense plate. The
    plate being forced under is eventually melted and destroyed.

    References:
    https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Earthquakes/Earthquakes-at-a-Plate-
    Boundary/Tectonic-Plates-and-Plate-Boundaries

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