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 ...

The boundary where the two plates meet is called a convergent boundary. Deep trenches appear at these boundaries, caused by the oceanic plate bending downward into the Earth. Deep below the Earth ...

THESE ARE TECTONIC PLATES. THEY FIT INTO EACH OTHER LIKE ... even as the regular movement of the plates (whether converging or diverging) continues. The typical scenario is as follows: the locked ...