Tectonic Plate BoundariesChapter 4 Lesson 3

Learning Targets:

LT#6: I CAN DESCRIBE A CONVERGENTCONVERGENT BOUNDARY.

LT #7: I CAN DESCRIBE A DIVERGENTDIVERGENT BOUNDARY.

LT#8: I CAN DESCRIBE A TRANSFORMTRANSFORM BOUNDARY.

CONVERGENT BOUNDARY

THE BOUNDARY FORMED BY THE COLLISION OF TWO LITHOSPHERIC PLATES.

3 TYPES (BASED ON THE TYPE OF CRUST INVOLVED):

CONTINENTAL-CONTINENTAL BOUNDARY

CONTINENTAL-OCEANIC BOUNDARY OCEANIC-OCEANIC BOUNDARY

CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES

CONTINENT-CONTINENT

CONTINENT-OCEANIC

OCEANIC-OCEANIC

DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES THAT ARE MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

NEW SEA FLOOR FORMS AT DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES.

MID-OCEAN RIDGES ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF DIVERGENT BOUNDARY.

DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES

TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TECTONIC PLATES THAT ARE SLIDING PAST EACH OTHER HORIZONTALLY.

TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES

ASSIGNMENT DUE FRIDAY AT THE END OF CLASS

CREATE A BILLBOARD ADVERTISMENT FOR EACH OF THE THREE TYPES OF BOUNDARIES (TOTAL OF 3 SIGNS)

COMPLETE A ROUGH DRAFT FOR EACH YOU NEED:

A SLOGAN FOR YOUR BOUNDARY A DEFINITION OF YOUR BOUNDARY A FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATION COLOR 3 to 5 FACTS ABOUT YOUR BOUNDARY