HKDSE Geography/M1/Plate Boundaries

The narrow zone between two adjacent plates is called a plate boundary.

Three Types of Plate Boundaries
Let's review the three types:

This diagram shows the three types of boundaries (transform plate boundaries = conservative plate boundaries, but that term is not accepted in Hong Kong):



The World's Plate Boundaries
This diagram shows all of the earth's plate boundaries:



You should be able to identify the boundary types by looking at the directions of the arrows, which indicate compression, tension or lateral force.