1 of 15

Slide Notes

DownloadGo Live

Science 1 Mick Lindner 4th period

Published on Nov 19, 2015

No Description

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PLATE TECTONICS

LITHOSPHERIC PIECES THAT ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION

CONVECTION CURRENTS

THE FLOW THAT TRANSFERS HEAT THROUGH A FLUID

SLAB PULL

A FORCE THAT PULLS A PLATE UNDER ANOTHER

RIDGE PUSH

NEW CRUST FORMING AT A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY THAT PUSHES OLDER CRUST OUT OF THE WAY

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

PLATES PULLING APART

RIFT VALLEY

WHEN TWO PLATES COLLIDE IT FORMS ALANDFORM OF A DIVERGENT VALLEY

MID OCEAN RIDGE

AN UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN RANGE CAUSED BU A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

WHEN LITHOSPHERIC PLATES COLLIDE WITH EACH OTHER

TRENCHES

A LONG NARROW DITCH THAT FORMS WHEN PLATES MOVE APART.

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

A TRENCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN THAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS DIVERGENT PLATES

LAND-OCEAN TRENCH

A TRENCH THAT FORMS WHEN OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL PLATES COLLIDE

SUBDUCTION ZONE

A LANDFORM THAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS A COLLISION BETWEEN TECTONIC PLATES

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

WHEN PLATES PULL APART. OFF THE COAST OF PEURTO RICO

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

WHEN PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER

EXAMPLE