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Transform
Two plates sliding past each other.
Causes:
Earthquakes
Divergent
Two plates are moving apart from each other.
Causes/Creates:
Seafloor spreading
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Islands(Hawaii)
Convergent
Two plates pushing towards each other.
Sometimes can become in to a subduction zone which means a pate is pushed under another. I would consider convergent boundaries to be the most dangerous.
Causes/Creates:
Mountains
Volcanoes
Island arches
Earthquakes
Most of the strongest earthquakes occur in the Ring Of Fire because of the subduction zones in those areas.
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