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Plate Tectonics

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Nolan clinton 4 th period

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PLATE TECTONICS

The lithosphere is broken in to plates and its moving.
Photo by mckaysavage
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CONVECTION CURRENTS

a current in a fluid that results from heating and cooling.
Photo by wockerjabby
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SLAB PULL

The pull of a tectonic plate down into the mantle.
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DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
Photo by Ben Andreas Harding
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DIVERGENT FORM

Mid ocean ridge
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DIVERGENT FORM

Mid ocean ridges in the atlantic ocean
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CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDRY

A plate boundary where the plates collide
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CASCADE VOLCANOES

Volcanoes in the west of North America formed by a convergent plate.
Photo by U.S. Geological Survey
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ISLANDS OF THE COAST OF JAPAN

Islands from ocean vs ocean plate
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CONTINENT VS. CONTINENT

Japanese alps in Japan from the plate boundary
Photo by pyjama
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SUBDUCTION ZONE

The zone where one plate slides under another.
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DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

The deep part of the ocean between two plates
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MARIANAS TRENCH

Trench off the coast of Japan formed by subduction
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TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

A boundary where two plates slide past one another.
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TRANSFORM BOUNDARY RESULT

San Fransisco earthquake of 1906
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TRANSFORM BOUNDARY EXAMPLE

San Andreas fault California
Photo by Ben+Sam

Nolan Clinton