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Plate Tectonics

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PLATE TECTONIC

IT IS THE THEORY THAT THE PLATES MOVE

CONVECTION CURRENT

FLOW THAT TRANSFERS HEAT THROUGH A FLUID
Photo by Image Editor

SLAB PULL

THE PULL OF GRAVITY ON A PLATE THAT IS BEING SUBDUCTED
Photo by Dru!

RIDGE PUSH

NEW LESS DENSE CRUST FORMING AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDRIES PUSHES OLDER CRUST OUT THE WAY

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

RIFT VALLEY

LANDFORM THAT RESULTS FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDRY

MID OCEAN RIDGE

UNDERWATER LANDFORM THAT IS CAUSED BY A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES

WHEN TWO PLATES COLLIDE AND ONE GOES UNDER THE OTHER

VOLCANIC ARC

CHAIN OF VOLCANOS FORMED WHEN OCEAN PLATE HITS A CONTINENTAL PLATE

ISLAND ARC

IT IS CLOSE TO THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO CONVERGING TECTONIC PLATED

MOUNTAINS

TWO CONTINENTS COLLIDE AND FORM MOUNTAINS
Photo by kevin dooley

SUBDUCTION ZONE

THE PROCESS IN WHICH ONE TECTONIC PLATE SLIDES BENEATH ANOTHER
Photo by Darkroom Daze

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

A LONG DEEP DEPRESSION IN THE OCEAN FLOOR THAT FORMS DUE TO SUBDUCTION

MARIANA TRENCH

DEEPEST PART OF WORLDS OCEANS LOCATED IN WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER

EARTHQUAKES

A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE GROUND DUE TO TRANSFORM PLATES

SAN ANDREAS FAULT

CONTINENTAL TRANSFORM FAULT THAT IS ABOUT 810 MILES THROUGH CALIFORNIA