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Plate Tectonics

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PLATE TECTONICS

DEFINITION- THE LITHOSPHERE IS BROKEN INTO PIECES THE MOVE

CONVECTION CURRENTS

THE TRANSFER OF HEAT BY THE MASS MOVEMENT OF HEATED PARTICLES

SLAB PULL

THE PULL OF GRAVITY ON A PLATE THAT IS BEING SUBDUCTED

RIDGE PUSH

NEW CRUST FORMING AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES PUSHES OLDER CRUST AWAY

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

TWO TECTONIC PLATES THAT ARE MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

LANDFORM FROM DIVERGENT BOUNDARY (LAND)

A RIFT VALLEY IS THE LANDFORM OF A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY ON THE LAND

LANDFORM FROM DIVERGENT BOUNDARY (SEA)

A MID OCEAN RIDGE IS THE LANDFORM FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY IN THE SEA

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDRY

TWO PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE MOVING TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

CONVERGENT OCEAN VS. CONTINENT

AT THIS BOUNDARY YOU CAN FIND A DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

CONVERGENT OCEAN VS. OCEAN

ISLAND ARCS FORM AT THESE KIND OF BOUNDARIES

CONVERGENT CONTINENT VS CONTINENT

MOUNTAINS OR VOLCANOES FOR AT THESE KIND OF BOUNDARIES

SUBDUCTION ZONE

WHEN PLATES ARE MOVING AND CRASH ONE PLATE GETS PUSHED DOWN UNDER THE OTHER

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

OCEANIC CRUST THAT IS FORMED AT A MID OCEAN RIDGE

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

WHEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES SLIDE AGAINST EACH OTHER

RESULTING EVENT FROM TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

EARTHQUAKES USSUALLY HAPPEN WHEN A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY OCCURS

EXAMPLE OF TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

THINGS LIKE THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT CAN OCCUR AT TRANSFOM BOUNDARIES