The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

New crust is continually being pushed away from divergent boundaries ... other pieces of Earth's crust. The boundary where the two plates meet is called a convergent boundary.

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated in this feature. Keep an eye on the map ... on divergent boundary, go to The Sea Floor Spread. Also known as subduction boundary, a ...