Matching Pairs Match: Divergent & TransformOnline version Matching Columns of divergent and tranform fault items by Benjamin D Morgan 1 Theory of Plate Tectonics 2 Lithospheric Plate or Tectonic Plate 3 Transform Fault 4 Features for when a continent diverges 5 Convection Current 6 Plate Boundary 7 Features for when two oceanic plates diverge 8 Transform Fault features 9 Continental Plate Divergent Boundary 10 Two Oceanic Plates Diverging Found in the mantle. They cause the lithospheric plates or tectonic plates to move around the planet Giant cracked sections of the Earth Earthquakes & sometimes hills (sometime no hills) Rift valley and earthquakes Explanation that the Earth's lithosphere is cracked into sections that move due to convection currents. Mid-ocean ridge and seafloor spreading Place where two tectonic plates meet