Pieces of the lithosphere are in slow, constant motion.

The flow that transfers heat through a fluid

The pull of gravity on a plate that is being subducted

New, less dense crust forming at divergent boundaries and pushing older crust out .

PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

LAND RESULT OF DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

EXAMPLE OF DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

UNDERWATER RESULT OF DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

TWO OR MORE PLATESMOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND COLLIDE

RESULT OF CONTINENTAL CRUST VS. CONTINENTAL CRUST

RESULT OF OCEANIC CRUST VS. OCEANIC CRUST

THE PLACE WHERE TECTONIC PLATES COLLIDE AND SINK INTO THE MANTLE

A LONG, NARROW, STEEP SIDED DEPRESSION ON THE OCEAN BOTTOM

EXAMPLE OF A DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

PLACE WHERE TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER

RESULT OF A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

EXAMPLE OF A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY