Destructive plate boundary

Volcanoes

Oceanic plate

Continental plate

Earthquake

At this plate boundary the heavier oceanic plate slides

underneath the lighter continental plate.

As the oceanic plate slides underneath it causes an

earthquake.

Also as the oceanic plate slides underneath it is melted

by friction. This creates the magma chamber for a
volcano.

The magma rises through the plate and a volcano is

created.

Constructive plate boundary

Volcanoes

Continental plates

At this plate boundary the two continental plates move

away from each other.

As they move away from each other the tension creates

an earthquake.

The gap between the two plates allows the magma to

rise.

The rising magma creates an island of volcanoes,

which erupt under the ocean.
 Conservative plate boundary

Continental plates

Earthquake

At this plate boundary the two continental plates slide

past each other.

As they slide past each other they get locked.

As they are locked this causes pressure to build up and

it is released.

The released pressure causes an earthquake.

There is no volcano at this boundary.

Collision plate boundary

 Mountains

Earthquake

Continental plates

At this plate boundary the two continental plates crash

into each other.

As they crash into each other the rock that the plates
are made from bends and folds.

This bending and folding creates mountains over

millions of years.

As the two plates crash into each other an earthquake

is also causes.

No volcanoes form at this boundary.