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Plate Tectonics

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PLATE TECTONICS

THE PLATES SEPARATING AND FORMING COUNTRIES

SLAB PULL

GRAVITY PULLING ON A PLATE THAT IS BEING SUBDUCTED

RIDGE PUSH

NEW CRUST PUSHES OLD CRUST OUT

DIVERGENT

PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

RIFT VALLEY

LAND FORM THAT RESULTS FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

MID OCEAN RIDGE

UNDER WATER THAT IS CAUSED BY A DIVERGENT PLATE

OCEAN-CONTINENT

TRENCH WITH VOLCANIC ARCH

OCEANIC-OCEANIC

TRENCH WITH ISLAND ARCH OR UNDER WATER VOLCANIC ARCH

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

TWO PLATES MOVING TOGETHER

CONTINENT-CONTINENT

MOUNTAIN RANGE

SUBDUCTION ZONE

ONE PLATE SINKS BENEATH THE WATER BECAUSE OF DENSITY

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

DEEP DEPRESSION IN THE EARTHS OCEANIC CRUST

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDRY

TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER

TRANSFORM FAULT

TWO PLATES SLIDING PAST EACH OTHER

SAN ANDRES FAULT

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDRY