Tectonic Plates?
Leah B. 1/20/15 Period 6
Plate Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
Divergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Bad Things:
Good Things:
Places where you can find these plate boundaries?
Divergent Boundaries: Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Transform Fault: San Andreas Fault
Plate Movement?
East Coast of North America vs. Mid-Atlantic ridge
Why do you think this is the case?
Convection Currents
Plate Boundaries
What do ocean trenches and plates tectonics have in common?
When a plate tectonic crashes with a oceanic crust it forms a trench. The ocean trench is old crust that gets pushed under the crust. It begins to form mountains under the water that can cause earthquakes, and even volcanos. That's something plate tectonics can create as well.
Sing Along
Bibliography
Convergent Boundaries Photo: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates2.html
Divergent Boundaries Photo: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates3.html
Transform Boundaries Photo: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates4.html
Plate Tectonics Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkm-vqkOyUM
Convection Currents Photo: http://www2.chilton.k12.wi.us/sromekg/dynamic_earth_notes.htm
Major Boundaries Photo: http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/geog1000/Matrix.html
Volcano Photo: http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/vestmannaeyjar-town-fought-volcano-won/
Earthquake Photo: http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/02/07/10340040-filipinos-grieve-as-earthquake-death-toll-rises
Tsunami Photo: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-and-new-zealand-secretly-tested-the-worlds-first-tsunami-bomb-2013-1