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Transcript
Boundary
Movement
Toward each
other
Convergent
COLLIDE
Away from
each other
Divergent
Transform
DIVIDE
Slide past
each other
(4th Animation) SLIDE
Landforms
•
•
•
•
Processes
Mountains • Subduction
Trenches
• Mountain
Volcanoes
Building
Faults
(2nd animation)
• Volcanoes
• Islands
• Faults
Constructive/ Where on Earth?
Destructive
Destructive-crust
is subducted and
melted back into
the mantle
OR
ConstructiveCreates
mountains
• Mid-Ocean • Sea-floor
ConstructiveRidge
new ocean floor
Spreading
• Rift Valley • (1st Animation) is created at the
• Faults
• Earthquakes mid-ocean ridge
• Volcanoes • Volcanoes
erupt
Many
DestructiveFaults
earthquakes
earthquakes
destroy the crust
and buildings
that are in the
area
•
•
Mariana Trench
Can cause
earthquakes
Might be creating
a new ocean in
Africa
San Andreas Fault
in California
http://earthquakesandplates.wordpress.com/
Plate move toward each other
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Plates move away from each other
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Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Rift Valley
Slide past a plate in opposite
directions
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