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 ...

Sriram Bird Photographer (left) and Ondrej Prosicky (right)/ Shutterstock What is the difference between convergent and divergent evolution? Divergent evolution is the opposite of convergent evolution ...

New crust is continually being pushed away from divergent boundaries (where sea ... The boundary where the two plates meet is called a convergent boundary. Deep trenches appear at these boundaries ...

For more on divergent boundary, go to The Sea Floor Spread. Also known as subduction boundary, a convergent boundary occurs where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together.