12 plate tectonics notes

12. Plate Tectonics

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Mechanism of Plate Tectonics

• Material in asthenosphere heats and rises• When it cools it moves horizontally and sinks• This movement of material is called

convection cells

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The Three Types of Plate Boundaries

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Divergent

-Rift Zone-Plates moving apart-Sea Floor created-Mid Ocean Ridges

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Convergent

-Subduction Zones-Plates moving toward each other-Seafloor destroyed-Creates trenches & Volcanic Island Arcs

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Transform

• Plates move past each other

• Faults are formed

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Example of Transform: San Andreas

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Ring of Fire• Around Pacific Ocean• Greatest quantity of earthquakes/volcanoes• Ring (outer edge of) Pacific Plate is full of faults

Education

12 plate tectonics notes