How is a transform boundary different than a convergent boundary?

Plates movie toward eachother at convergent boundaries, and side-to-side at transform boundaries

Along the mid ocean ridge, magma rises through the crust and hardens, which makes land.

inner core, outer core, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, crust

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Plate Tectonics

Question	Answer
Plate Boundaries
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Subduction	sliding under
How is a transform boundary different than a convergent boundary?	Plates movie toward eachother at convergent boundaries, and side-to-side at transform boundaries
Sea-Floor Spreading	Along the mid ocean ridge, magma rises through the crust and hardens, which makes land.
Parts of the Earth	inner core, outer core, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, crust