Plate Tectonics
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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PLATE TECTONICS
THE THEORY THAT EARTHS LITHOSPHERE IS IN CONSTANT MOTION
CONVECTION CURRENTS
THE TRANSFER OF HEAT THROUGH A FLUID
SLAB PULL
THE PULL OF GRAVITY ON A PLATE THAT IS BEING SUBDUCTED
RIDGE PUSH
NEW CRUST PUSHING OLDER CRUST OUT OF ITS WAY
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
TECTONIC PLATES MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
RIFT VALLEY
LAND FORM THAT RESULTS FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
MID OCEAN RIDGE
UNDERWATER LANDFORM CAUSED BY DIVEREGNT PLATE BOUNDARIES
CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
TECTONIC PLATES MOVING TOWARD EACH OTHER
ISLAND ARC
RESULTING LANDFORM FROM CONVERGENT-OCEAN VS. CONTINENT
VOLCANIC ARC
RESULTING LANDFORM FROM CONVERGENT-OCEAN VS. OCEAN
MOUNTAIN RANGES
RESULTING LANDFORM FROM CONVERGENT-CONTINENT VS. CONTINENT
SUBDUCTION ZONE
THE PROCESS IN WHICH ONE TECTONIC PLATE SLIDES BENEATH ANOTHER AT A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
DEEP OCEAN TRENCH
THE DEEPEST PARTS OF THE OCEAN
PUERTO RICO TRENCH
EXAMPLE OF A DEEP OCEAN TRENCH
TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY
TECTONIC PLATES SLIDING AGAINST EACH OTHER
EARTHQUAKES
RESULTING EVENT FROM TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES
