There are three main types of plate boundaries: divergent boundaries where plates move apart, convergent boundaries where plates move together, and transform boundaries where plates slide past each other. Earthquakes occur when the tectonic plates break or shift, releasing seismic energy. Faults are cracks in the Earth's crust and include normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults.

1. TYPES OF PLATE
BOUNDARIES

2. DIVERGENT PLATE
BOUNDARIES
•TWO PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH
OTHER.

4. MID OCEANIC RIDGE
• DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES BETWEEN OCEANIC PLATES

6. CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
•OCCUR WHEN TWO PLATES SLIDE
TOWARD EACH OTHER AND FORM
EITHER A SUBDUCTIVE ZONE.

11. TRANSFORM PLATE
BOUNDARIES
•THE PLATES SLIDE AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
•NO MOUNTAINS OR VOLCANOES ARE
PRODUCED

12. EARTHQUAKES
•REFERS TO THE SHAKING OF THE EARTH
AS A RESULT OF THE BREAKING OR
SHIFTING OF THE ROCKS OF THE
TECTONIC PLATES, WHICH RELEASE
SEISMIC ENERGY.

13. FAULTS
•ARE CRACKS ON THE EARTH’S CRUST
•THREE TYPES:
•NORMAL FAULT, REVERSE FAULT, AND
STRIKE-STRIP FAULT

15. NORMAL FAULT
•A NORMAL FAULT IS A DIP SLIP
FAULT WHERE A BLOCK THAT
SITS ON A FAULT PLANE.

17. REVERSE FAULT
•THE BLOCK OF THE EARTH’S
CRUST PUSHES UPWARD AND
ALONG A DIP ANGLE

19. STRIKE SLIP FAULT
• NEARLY VERTICAL FAULT PLANES OR SURFACES SLIDE IN A PARALLEL BUT
OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
• THE PLATES MOVE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHEN THE PLATES GET SUCK AND
STOP MOVING, ENERGY BUILDS UP BETWEEN THEM.
• OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT- A COMBINATION OF STRIKE-SLIP AND A DIP SLIP.