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A convergant boundary is destructive because the plates approach one another.

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What is movement of the plates compared to?

The movement of the plates can be compared to... Transform boundary- sliding past one another convergent boundary- moving together divergent boundary- pulling apart


What is the name of the boundary where two plates are moving toward one another?

Convergent boundary.


What are the types of convergent boundary?

There are 3 types of Convergent boundaries, they are; 1. Continental-continental convergent boundary. 2. Continental-oceanic convergent boundary. 3. Oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary.


Where two plates move side by side?

Convergent Boundary.


A convergent boundary causes what stress type?

A convergent boundary causes compressional stress.


What are the types of convergence?

There are 3 types of Convergent boundaries, they are; 1. Continental-continental convergent boundary. 2. Continental-oceanic convergent boundary. 3. Oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary.


What type of boundary is the mariana trench?

The Mariana Trench is a convergent boundary, where two tectonic plates are colliding and one plate is forced beneath the other.


What is the evidence of convergent plate boundary?

A convergent plate boundary is a plate boundary that comes together to potentially collide with each other. A small bit of evidence of this is that India crashed into Asia (they were both convergent plate boundary's) and India is still pushing through Asia when the collision was about 2.5 million years ago.


What are the 3 subtypes of convergent plate boundaries?

1. Oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary. 2. Continental-continental convergent plate boundary. and 3. Oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary.


What are the sub-types of convergent plates boundrys?

1. Oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary. 2. Continental-continental convergent plate boundary. and 3. Oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary.


What boundary is it where two plates push together?

An area where two tectonic plates collide is called a boundary. There are three kinds of boundaries. They are convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.


What type tectonic plate boundary forms the Mariana trench?

A Transform Fault ZoneIn the textbook Earth Science and the Environment (4th Edition) by Thompson and Turk. Located on page 163, it shows that Tonga has a Convergent Boundary. A convergent boundary is where two lithospheic plates collide head on.