Plates do not move smoothly. The rocks on either side become jammed together and incredibly large forces build up as the plates either side continue to move. When the plates finally become 'unstuck', which natural hazards occur?
Earthquakes are formed when rocks move in this way (not volcanoes).
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At which type of plate boundary do you get only earthquakes?
Transform boundary (Plates slide sideways past each other so there is no melting of rocks or gaps through which molten magma can squeeze up from below).
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At which type of plate boundary is one plate pushed down into the mantle?
Convergent or destructive boundary (The plate that is pushed down into the mantle is the one that is destroyed)
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What will you find in places where an oceanic plate subducts under a continental one?
A coastal (volcanic) mountain range
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Why is a divergent boundary also called a constructive boundary?
Magma flows up between the plates and forms new lithosphere.