Use Graphic 2 to discuss convergent, divergent ... Have the students turn in their two annotated plate boundary maps.

These convergent boundaries also occur where a plate of ocean dives, in a process called subduction, under a landmass. As the overlying plate lifts up, it also forms mountain ranges. In addition ...

New crust is continually being pushed away from divergent boundaries (where sea-floor spreading occurs), increasing Earth's surface. But the Earth isn't getting any bigger. What happens, then, to ...

Keep an eye on the map to see where in the world the ... Also known as subduction boundary, a convergent boundary occurs where one plate slides under another as the two are pushed together.

This is called a destructive or convergent plate boundary. When the plates collide ... the same speed as your fingernails grow, so the map of the world will continue to change, but just very ...