The Earth's crust is made up of massive tectonic plates that move independently at a rate of 1-2 inches per year. There are four patterns of plate motion: collision, subduction, spreading, and transform. The three types of plate boundaries are convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past one another. Mantle convection and ridge push and slab pull are among the causes of plate tectonics, which can result in earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and other effects.
The Earth's crust is made up of massive tectonic plates that move independently at a rate of 1-2 inches per year. There are four patterns of plate motion: collision, subduction, spreading, and transform. The three types of plate boundaries are convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past one another. Mantle convection and ridge push and slab pull are among the causes of plate tectonics, which can result in earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and other effects.
The Earth's crust is made up of massive tectonic plates that move independently at a rate of 1-2 inches per year. There are four patterns of plate motion: collision, subduction, spreading, and transform. The three types of plate boundaries are convergent boundaries where plates collide, divergent boundaries where plates move apart, and transform boundaries where plates slide past one another. Mantle convection and ridge push and slab pull are among the causes of plate tectonics, which can result in earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and other effects.
-Earth’s outermost shell -It is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rocks The Major Tectonic Plates MOVEMENT OF TECTONIC PLATES Movement of Tectonic Plates -Earth’s Plate has rose in the folding and faulting of the crust -Can move independently and free floating -Move at a rate of one to two inches per year Motion of Plates can be described in four Patterns: • Collision • Subduction • Spreading • Transform THREE TYPES OF TECTONIC PLATES BOUNDARIES CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY -Occurs when Two Plates Collide -These are often related with Submarine Volcanoes DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY -Occur when Two Plates move away from each other -Can form within continents but may eventually Open up and become Ocean Basins TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY -Where Plates slide passed each other -It can occur Underwater or on Land CAUSES: -Mantle Convection -Ridge Push -Slab Pull -and many more EFFECTS: -Ground Shaking -Lanslides -Tsunami -and many more KEEP LEARNING, KEEP MOVING