At a divergent plate boundary, what primary process is occurring?

Plates are sliding past each other

One plate is forced under another

Plates are colliding and buckling

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Types of Tectonic Plate Boundaries

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01When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, what geological feature is typically formed on the continent?
02The collision of two continental plates at a convergent boundary is most likely to result in the formation of what?
03At a divergent plate boundary, what primary process is occurring?
04The San Andreas Fault in California is a classic example of which type of plate boundary?
05The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle at a convergent boundary is called what?
06Which of the following is a famous example of a divergent boundary creating new seafloor?
07What type of geological event is most frequent and powerful along transform boundaries?
08When a divergent boundary occurs on land, it can form a long, deep valley known as a what?
09What feature is commonly formed when two oceanic plates converge and one is forced beneath the other?
10The Himalayan mountain range was formed by the ongoing collision of which two continental plates?