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Science Project Plate Tectonics

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PLATE TECTONICS

PIECES OF THE LITHOSPHERE ARE IN SLOW CONSTANT MOTION.

CONVECTION CURRENTS

THE TRANSFER OF HEAT THROUGH LIQUIDS.

SLAB PULL

THE PULL OF GRAVITY ON A PLATE THAT IS BEING SUB-DUCTED.

RIDGE PUSH

NEW CRUST FORMING AT DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES PUSHES OLDER CRUST OUT OF THE WAY.

DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDRY

PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

(EAST AFRICAN) RIFT VALLEY

LAND FORM THAT RESULTS FROM A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY.

(MID OCEAN RIDGE) EAST PACIFIC RISE

UNDERWATER LANDFORM THAT IS CAUSED BY A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY.

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

A TECTONIC BOUNDARY WHERE TWO PLATES ARE MOVING TOWARD EACH OTHER.

OCEAN VS CONTINENT

PACIFIC PLATE RESULTING FROM A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

OCEAN VS OCEAN

EAST ALEUTIAN VOLCANIC ARC RESULTING FROM A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY

CONTINENT VS CONTINENT

HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS RESULTING FROM A CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY.

SUBDUCTION ZONE

THE PROCESS BY WHICH COLLISION OF THE EARTH'S CRUSTAL PLATES RESULTS IN ONE PLATE'S BEING DRAWN DOWN OR OVERRIDDEN BY ANOTHER

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

A LONG NARROW STEEP-SIDED DEPRESSION IN THE EARTH'S OCEANIC CRUST, USUALLY LYING ABOVE A SUBDUCTION ZONE

DEEP OCEAN TRENCH

MARIANA TRENCH

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

A STRIKE-SLIP FAULT THAT OFFSETS A MID-OCEAN RIDGE IN OPPOSING DIRECTIONS.

RESULTING EVENT OF A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

THE BOUNDARIES BUILD UP ENOUGH ENERGY TO CREATE EARTHQUAKES.

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

SAN ANDREAS FAULT