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Type of Plate Boundaries

Discover the fascinating world of plate tectonics and how divergent, convergent, collision, and transform boundaries shape our planet. Learn about the forces driving plate movement, from mantle convection to ridge push and slab pull. Watch an informative video for a visual journey into the Earth's geology.

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Type of Plate Boundaries

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  1. WRITE WHAT IS IN GREEN Type of Plate Boundaries

  2. Divergent Plate Boundaries • Divergent Boundary: Between two lithospheric plates that are moving apart • DI-vergent/DI-vide • Rift Valleys: deep valleys at the center of a mid-ocean ridge • Sea-floor spreading: molten rock forces its way upward through cracks or rifts, forming new rock • Result in hydrothermal vents

  3. On page 5 of the ESRT, where are there Divergent Boundaries?Draw it out with Geology.Com!

  4. Convergent Plate Boundaries • Convergent Boundary: Between two plates that are moving toward each other • CO-nvergent/CO-me together • Subduction boundary: An area where an oceanic plate goes beneath another plate • Results in volcanoes

  5. On page 5 of your ESRT, where are the CONVERGENT boundaries?Draw it out again with Geology.com

  6. Collision Plate Boundary • Collision Boundary: Type of convergent boundary in which 2 continents may become 1 continent • Example: Himalayas->result of India pushing into China at a rate of 5cm per year

  7. Transform Boundary • Transform Boundary: Located between 2 plates that are sliding past each other. • According to page 5 of the ESRT, where is there a transform boundary? • Guess what?? Draw it out!

  8. Causes of Plate Movement • Mantle convection: The process in which heat from Earth’s inner and outer cores is transferred through the mantle • Ridge push: A force exerted by cooling, subsiding rock on the spreading lithospheric plates at the mid-ocean ridge • Slab pull: A force at a subduction boundary that the sinking edge of the sinking plate exerts on the rest of the plate

  9. Video • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp-hZ0QCoQY

  10. Visualization • Seeing is believing • In case you need another look

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