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Chapter 14

Published on Dec 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LESSON ONE

COMPRESSION

SQUEEZING FORCE AT A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

HYPOTHESIS STATING THAT CONTINENTS MOVE

CONVERGENT BOUNDARY

WHERE TWO PLATES MOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER

DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

WHERE TWO PLATES MOVE APART FROM EACH OTHER

PLATE TECTONICS

STATES THAT EARTH’S CRUST IS BROKEN INTO RIGID PLATES THAT MOVE SLOWLY OVER EARTH’S SURFACE
Photo by brewbooks

SHEAR

SIDE-BY-SIDE DRAGGING FORCE AT TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES
Photo by -JvL-

SUBDUCTION ZONE

AREA WHERE ONE PLATE SLIDES UNDER ANOTHER
Photo by the bridge

TENSION

PULLING FORCE AT A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
Photo by colemama

TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

WHERE PLATES SLIDE HORIZONTALLY PAST EACH OTHER

LESSON TWO

CALDERA

LARGE DEPRESSION IN THE CENTER OF A VOLCANO

EARTHQUAKE

RUPTURE AND SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF ROCKS ALONG A BREAK OR A CRACK IN EARTH’S CRUST
Photo by martinluff

FAULT

SURFACE ALONG WHICH THE CRUST MOVES
Photo by Ben+Sam

HOT SPOT

LOCATION WHERE VOLCANOES FORM FAR FROM PLATE BOUNDARIES

LAVA FLOW

LONG STREAM OF MOLTEN ROCK

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

TYPE OF MOUNTAIN THAT FORMS AS LAVA BUILDS UP AND COOLS