THE THEORY THAT THE EARTH IS DIVIDED INTO PLATES ON THE MANTLE

CONVECTION CURRENTS : MOVE IN A CONVEYOR BELT MOTION DUE TO HEAT

SLAB PULL: A PLATE IS SLOWLY MOVING UNDER AN OTHER DUE TO GRAVITY

PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

RIDGE PUSH: NEW CRUST FORMS AT A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

LAND FORM RESULT FROM A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

UNDER WATER LAND FORM CAUSED BY DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

PLATES MOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER

AN EXAMPLE IS THE MARIANA TRENCH

OCEAN VS OCEAN AN EXAMPLE IS HAWAIIAN AND ALASKAN ISLAND

CON. VS CON. AN EXAMPLE IS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

DEFINITION: WHEN TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES CRASH AND ONE SINKS

DEFINITION: A STEEP DROP IN THE OCEAN FLOOR

EXAMPLE: THE MARIANA TRENCH

DEFINITION: WHEN A PLATE SLIDES PAST AN OTHER PLATE

TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES RESULT IN A FAULT IN THE CRUST

EXAMPLE OF A TEANSFORM BOUNDARY