Understanding Plate Tectonics

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Plate Tectonics

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Theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithosphere

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Lithosphere

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Rigid outer layer of Earth, includes crust and upper mantle

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Convection Currents

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Circular movements in mantle causing plate movement

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Divergent Boundary

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Plates move apart, new crust forms

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Convergent Boundary

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Plates collide, mountains or trenches form

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Transform Boundary

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Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes

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Earthquake

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Sudden shaking of ground due to plate movement

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Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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Example of a divergent boundary

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Himalayas

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Formed by convergent boundary of Indian and Eurasian plates

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San Andreas Fault

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Famous transform boundary in California