Types of

Plate
Boundaries
 What are tectonic plates?
Plate tectonics
is the theory
that Earth's
outer shell is
divided into
several plates
that glide over
the mantle, the
molten rocky
layer above the
core.

Plates move only 1-10 centimeters per year

How do the plates move?
 Tectonic plates interact at locations
called plate boundaries
 There are three types of movement at
plate boundaries
 Three Basic Types of Plate Boundaries

Divergent Using hands to show relative motion

Transform
Convergent

USGS Graphics
What happens to the land where
the plate boundaries move?
Convergent
boundaries are
where plates
collide - Mountains,
earthquakes, and
volcanoes form
where plates
collide.
What happens to the land where
the plate boundaries move?

Places where
plates are coming
apart are called
divergent
boundaries. Rift
valleys and ocean
ridges form at
these boundaries
What happens to the land where
the plate boundaries move?

Places where plates slide

past each other are called
transform boundaries. The
sliding motion causes
earthquakes.
Concluding Activity

Give a tune to the lyrics given in

the next slide
Let’s sing about it
Plates are the crust,
Heat from the Core,
We got the whole world looking for more,
The plates converge,
Or they diverge,
Or they slide past, past, past, past, past each other -
transform
Mountains, trenches, Earthy-Earthquakes,
These things can happen when the crust breaks.
The plates converge,
Or they diverge,
Or they slide past, past, past, past, past each other -
transform