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Tectonic Plates

Published on Apr 19, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MATTHEW BRANTHOOVER

PERIOD 2

PLATE TECTONICS

THE MOVEMENT OF PLATES IN THE UPPER LITHOSPHERE

CONVECTION CURRENTS IN THE MANLE

A CURRENT IN THE MANTLE FORMED BY CONVECTION

GRAVITY

GRAVITY PULLING ON THE SUBDUCTION ZONES ALSO HELPS MOVE THEM

SEA FLOOR SPREADING

NEW CRUST PUSHES THE TECTONIC PLATES APART

DIVERGENT

A PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE THEY ARE MOVING APART

DIVRGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES ON LAND

THE SAINT ANDREAS FAULT LINE

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES IN THE SEA

A BRIDGE IN ICELAND CONECTING THE TWO PLATES

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

WHEN TO PLATES COLLIDE IT IS A CONVERGENT PLATE

CONVERGENT OCEAN TO CONTINENT

IN SOUTH AMERICA AN OCEAN PLATE AND A LAND PLATE ARE COLLIDING

CONVERGENT OCEAN TO OCEAN

A VOLCANIC ISLAND IN OCEANA

CONVERGENT CONTINENT TO CONTINENT

MOUNT EVEREST IS STILL GROWING ABOUT AN INCH A YEAR

SUBDUCTION ZONE

THE COLLISION BETWEEN TWO OF THE PLANET'S TECTONIC PLATES

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

ANY LONG, NARROW, STEEP-SIDED DEPRESSION IN THE OCEAN BOTTOM

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH EXAMPLE

THE MARIANA TRENCH

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

TWO PLATES MOVE PAST EACH OTHER

RESULTS FROM TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

EXAMPLES OF TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES

THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA