Plate boundaries shape the Earth's surface in different ways around the world. At the Mid Atlantic Ridge, the Eurasian and North American Plates are moving apart, creating new ocean floor. In the Himalayas, the collision between the Indian and Eurasian Plates is pushing up the world's tallest mountains. The Mariana Trench is a deep subduction zone, where the Pacific Plate dives beneath the Philippine Plate. Along the San Andreas Fault in California and the Alpine Fault in New Zealand,...