gcsescience.com                                       65                                       gcsescience.com

Waves

Plate Tectonics - What are Plate Boundaries?


Plate boundaries occur where two plates meet each other.
These areas are also called plate margins.
Earthquakes and volcanoes may result when the plates interact.

The following pages show examples of what can happen
at plate boundaries where plates
slide past each other, move away from each other or collide.

 

back    Links    Waves    Plate Tectonics    Revision Questions    next

gcsescience.com    Physics Quiz    Index    Plate Tectonic Quiz    gcsescience.com

Home      GCSE Chemistry      GCSE Physics

Copyright © 2015 gcsescience.com. All Rights Reserved.