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Plate Tectonics

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PLATE TECTONICS

PIECES OF THE EARTH'S LITHOSPHERE THAT MOVE

CONVECTION CURRENTS

THE MAIN CAUSE OF PLATE MOVEMENT THAT OCCURS IN THE MANTLE

SLAB PULL

WHEN GRAVITY PULLS ON SUBDUCTION ZONES AND MOVES PLATES

RIDGE PUSH

CRUST FORMING DURING SEA FLOOR SPREADING PUSHES PLATES APART

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

RIFT VALLEY

A RESULTING LANDFORM FROM A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY ON LAND

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

RESULTING LANDFORM FROM A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY IN THE SEA

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES MOVING TOWARD EACH OTHER

TRENCH WITH A VOLCANIC ARCH

CONTINENT-OCEANIC CONVERGENT BOUNDARY COLLIDING

TRENCH WITH ISLAND ARCH

OCEAN-OCEAN CONVERGENT BOUNDARY COLLIDING

MOUNTAIN RANGES

CONTINENT-CONTINENT CONVERGENT BOUNDARY COLLIDING

SUBDUCTION ZONE

BOUNDARIES WHERE OCEAN CRUST SINKS BACK INTO THE MANTLE

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

DEEP TRENCHES FORMED FROM THE SUBDUCTION OF TECTONIC PLATES

MARIANA TRENCH

EXAMPLE OF A DEEP-OCEAN TRENCH

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES THAT SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER

EARTHQUAKE

RESULTING EVENT FROM A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

SAN ANDREAS FAULT

A RESULTING LANDFORM FROM A TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY