PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PLATE TECTONLCS
- It is when the lithosphere is broken up into tectonic plates
- All plates are moving different directions and differents speeds from 2-10cm a year
BOUNDARIES
- There are convergent boundaries
- Divergent boundaries
- And transform boundaries
Convergent boundaries where plates crash or crunch together are called convergent boundaries. Plates only move a few centimeters each year, so collisions are very slow and last millions of years.
Divergent boundaries is where plates are coming apart are called divergent boundaries. It is when Earth's brittle surface layer is pulled apart, it typically breaks along parallel faults that tilt slightly outward from each other
Transform boundaries where plates slide past each other are called transform boundaries. Since the plates on either side of a transform boundary are merely sliding past each other and not tearing or crunching each other, transform boundaries lack the spectacular features found at convergent and divergent boundaries
