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Plate Tectonics Theory and Boundary Tree Map
Plate Tectonicstheory that states the Earth’s Lithosphere is divided
into tectonic plates that are able to move on top of the
liquid-like rock making up the Asthenosphere.
Plate Boundarylocation where tectonic plates touch.
Boundary
Convergent
-where 2 plates
collide
Continental-Continental
When collision occurs,
they buckle and thicken
and are pushed upward
Divergent
Transform
- where plates
- where plates
separate
slide past each
-new sea-floor other (horizontal)
Forms
- as they have
- most often into
irregular edges
mid-ocean ridges they grind and
jerk causing
earthquakes
Continental-Oceanic
When collision occurs, denseroceanic crust sinks into
Asthenosphere and is re-melted
and recycled. The location is
called the Subduction zone
Oceanic-Oceanic
When collision
occurs, one of the
plates will subduct
or sink under the
other