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It is a transform boundary.

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For the most part, the boundary between the North American and Pacific Plates is a transform boundary, where two plates are sliding and grinding past each other.

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They are convergent/destructive and transform plate boundaries.

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Constructive, forming the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The North American and Eurasian plates meet at a divergent boundary in the Atlantic Ocean, and at a transform boundary in Siberia.

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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a divergent plate boundary.

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A constructive boundary - The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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A divergent plate boundary.

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