INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the ‘Theory of Plate Tectonics, ‘ when some plates come towards each other, which of the following is formed?
A
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
B
TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
C
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
D
NONE OF THE ABOVE
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, at convergent boundaries, continental crust is created and oceanic crust is destroyed. Two plates sliding past each other forms a transform plate boundary .

Detailed explanation-2: -Convergent boundary states that two plates are moving toward each other at a tectonic border. When the density of the two plates is equivalent, they normally push up against one other, forming a mountain chain. In a subduction zone, one plate dips beneath the other if its densities are uneven.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the theory of plate tectonics, what happens at a convergent boundary? At a colliding or convergent boundary, two plates push together. Convergent boundaries are also called destructive boundaries because movements along these boundaries destroy crust.

Detailed explanation-4: -Convergent boundaries (subduction zones) The oceanic Nazca Plate subducts beneath the continental South American Plate at the Peru–Chile Trench.

Detailed explanation-5: -Divergent boundaries–where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other. Convergent boundaries–where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another. Transform boundaries–where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.

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