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Plate Tectonics

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PLATE TECTONICS

BROKEN PEICES OF EARTHS LITHOSPHERE THAT ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION
Photo by timlewisnm

CONVECTION CURRENTS

THE MOVEMENT OF A FLUID CAUSED BY DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES

SLAB PULL

GRAVITY ACTING ON OCEAN CRUST PULLING CRUST INTO THE MANTLE

RIDGE PUSH

FORCE OF MAGMA AGAINST THE PLATE EDGES, PUSHING THEM APART
Photo by Jocey K

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

TWO TECTONIC PLATES MOVING AWAY FROM EACHOTHER

ON LAND DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES FORM RIFT VALLEYS

IN THE OCEAN, DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES FORM MID-OCEAN RIDGES

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

A BOUNDARY IN WHICH TWO PLATES MOVE TOWARD EACHOTHER

VOLCANIC ARC

FORMS WHEN OCEAN AND CONTINENTAL CRUST CONVERGE (EX. MTN SAINT HELENS)

ISLAND ARC

FORMS WHEN OCEAN AND OCEAN CRUST CONVERGE ( JAPAN )

MOUNTAINS

FORM WHEN CONTINENTAL CRUST CONVERGES WITH CONTINENTAL CRUST (HIMALAYAS)

SUBDUCTION ZONE

OCEANIC CRUST SINKS BENEATH A DEEP-OCEAN TRENCH

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

A DEEP VALLEY IN OCEANIC CRUST SINKS TOWARDS THE MANTLE ( JAPAN TRENCH )

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

A BOUNDARY IN WHICH TWO PLATES MOVE PAST EACH OTHER IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

EARTHQUAKES

OCCUR WHEN PLATES MOVE ALONG TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES
Photo by martinluff

SAN ANDREAS FAULT

IN CALIFORNIA IS AND EXAMPLE OF A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY.
Photo by Ben+Sam

HOT SPOTS

MAGMA FROM DEEP WITHIN THE MANTLE MELTS THROUGH THE CRUST ABOVE IT

A HOT SPOT

EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE ISLANDS OF HAWAII

OCEAN VENTS