Pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions

Example: ••Volcanic arcs – curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to plate boundaries

Example: •Continental rifts – when divergent boundaries occur within a continent, they cause enormous splits in the crust

Example:•Mid-ocean ridges – tension causes oceanic crust to spread allowing hot rock from mantle to rise creating high ridges

Example:•Mountain ranges – collision between two continental plates

Example:•Transform faults – when plates slide horizontally past each other they form a fault, or a break in the rock of the crust

Example:•Mountain ranges – collision between two continental plates