A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and a lot of other events

a current in a fluid that is because of convection

The small amount of motion from a tectonic plate that can be accounted for by its subduction.

Sliding plate force is a proposed mechanism for plate motion in plate tectonics

Plates move away from each other

Land form that results from a divergent plate boundary

Underwater landform that is caused by a divergent playe boundary

Convergent boundaries move To where two tectonic plates colide

Trenches or volcanoes - Andes

Island - Japan

Mountain range - Mt. Everest

When two tectonic plates meet, one may slide underneath the other, curving down into the mantle.

The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long, They are also the deepest parts of the ocean floor.

Puerto Rico

Two plates slide past each other or one plate slides horizontally past another.

This creates an earthquake

Alpine faule of New Zealand