Thursday, October 15, 2009

Plate Boundaries with out number 8

1.divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, transform boundaries

2.Divergent is when the plates are moving in opposite directions, this happens because magma is pushing up from the mantle and is creating new crust.

3.Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland, Active volcano

4.Convergent is when the crust recycles when one plate goes under the other.
5.

oceanic-oceanic convergence

oceanic-continental convergence continental-continental convergence
6. a. Large ocean trenches form b. large ocean trenches form c. causes large mountains
7. It is when the plates go up or down to each other. earthquakes or trenches.
San Andreas fault zone in California.






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