Question

Distinguish between Converging and Diverging tectonic plates.

Answer 1

Hint: A tectonic plate is also known as a lithospheric plate is a massive and irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, which is formed due to subduction in which one plate slides under the other which occurred around 3 billion years ago and is composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. 

Complete answer:

Converging tectonic plates are the one that come towards each other and form a convergent boundary while diverging tectonic plates are the one that move away from each other and form divergent boundaries. We will see more differences between converging and diverging tectonic plates in the complete answer below.

Now  let us study the difference between converging and diverging tectonic plates.

Converging Tectonic Plates	Diverging Tectonic Plates
Those in which the two plates slide towards each other to form a subduction zone in which one plate moves underneath the other or causes a continental collision	Those in which two plates slide apart from each other.
Also known as destructive plates.	Also known as constructive plates.
They result in the formation of explosive types of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.	They result in the formation of new oceanic crusts and the creation of transform faults, etc.
For example: Oceanic Nazca Plate subducts beneath the continental South American Plate at the Peru–Chile Trench.	For example: The East African Rift in eastern Africa and the Red Sea Rift.

Note: Pieces of earth’s crust and uppermost mantle together referred to as the lithosphere. They are known as tectonic plates. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory. Lithosphere is the outermost shell of a planet composed of the crust and mantle. This lithosphere is broken into tectonic plates. Tectonic plates play a major role in natural disasters like earthquakes. There are various types of tectonic plates like Divergent, Convergent, Transform, and Plate Boundary Zone.