Plate Tectonics - Chapter 3
- See if you can identify today's continents within Pangaea
 
 
Tectonics
 
Tectonics
 
Tectonics

Sea-Floor Spreading
 - Lesson 2
 
Tectonics
 
Tectonics
 
Plate Tectonics - Lesson 3
 
Plate tectonic map - Map that shows the various types of zones and boundaries associated with plate tectonics.

Plate Boundaries
  Divergent

Divergent plate boundaries

spacer image Almost all the Earth's new crust forms at divergent boundaries, but most are not well known because they lie deep beneath the oceans. These are zones where two plates move away from each other, allowing magma from the mantle to rise up and solidify as new crust.
 
Convergent

 

Convergent plate boundaries

spacer image This image shows a slice through the Earth at a convergent plate boundary. This view illustrates just one of the ways that plates behave when they collide. In this case, one plate is pulled beneath another (subduction), forming a deep trench. The long, narrow zone where the two plates meet is called a subduction zone.
 
Transform

Transform plate boundaries

 At transform plate boundaries plates grind past each other side by side. This type of boundary separates the North American plate from the Pacific plate along the San Andreas fault, a famous transform plate boundary that is responsible for many of California's earthquakes.

Theory of Plate Tectonics Key Concepts
Theory of Plate Tectonics Class Notesclick for a copy of class notes


Plate Tectonics Chapter 3 Study guide - a study guide in flash card format to help you study.
 
EXTRA CREDIT - Plate tectonic extra credit due on 2/11