name at least 10 plates and adentify the plate boundery
Answer (1)
1. Pacific PlateConvergent with Philippine Plate (Mariana Trench).Transform with North American Plate (San Andreas Fault).Divergent with Antarctic Plate (Pacific-Antarctic Ridge).2. North American PlateTransform with Pacific Plate (San Andreas Fault).Divergent with Eurasian Plate (Mid-Atlantic Ridge).Convergent with Juan de Fuca Plate (Cascadia Subduction Zone).3. South American PlateConvergent with Nazca Plate (Andes Mountains, Peru–Chile Trench).Divergent with African Plate (Mid-Atlantic Ridge).4. Eurasian PlateDivergent with North American Plate (Mid-Atlantic Ridge).Convergent with Indian Plate (Himalayas).Convergent with Arabian Plate (Zagros Mountains).5. African PlateDivergent with South American Plate (Mid-Atlantic Ridge).Divergent with Arabian Plate (Red Sea Rift).Divergent within itself (East African Rift Valley).6. Antarctic PlateDivergent with South American Plate (Southwest Indian Ridge).Divergent with African Plate (Southwest Indian Ridge).Divergent with Australian Plate (Southeast Indian Ridge).7. Indo-Australian PlateConvergent with Eurasian Plate (Himalayas).Convergent with Pacific Plate (New Zealand subduction zones).Divergent with Antarctic Plate (Southeast Indian Ridge).8. Nazca PlateConvergent with South American Plate (Peru–Chile Trench).Divergent with Pacific Plate (East Pacific Rise).9. Philippine Sea PlateConvergent with Pacific Plate (Mariana Trench).Convergent with Eurasian Plate (Philippine Trench).10. Cocos PlateConvergent with Caribbean Plate (Central American Trench).Convergent with North American Plate (Middle America Trench).Divergent with Pacific Plate (East Pacific Rise).The three main types of boundariesConvergent (plates collide - mountains, trenches, volcanoes).Divergent (plates move apart - ridges, rifts).Transform (plates slide past - fault lines).
