Mod+5.6+-+Taylor+M

**THE EARTH IS MOVING?!?**


 * What exactly are plates?**
 * The plates are made up of the lithosphere (the crust)
 * They move because of //mantle convection//

 **Convergent: plate collides with or dives under another**
 * creates mountain ranges
 * creates subduction (where an ocean dives)
 * diving plate meets and is spewed out in volcanic eruptions
 * creates trenches (plate diving under another in water)

Sub-types:
 * ocean hitting ocean
 * ocean hitting continental
 * continental hitting continental

Some examples of plate boundaries are
 * The Andes Mountain Ranges
 * Mariana Trench
 * Underwater volcanoes
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">The Himalayan Mountain Ranges
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">[[image:himalaya1.jpg width="200" height="129" align="left" caption="An example of the Himalayan mountain ranges."]]
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">__<span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">"Plate Techtonics." //National Geographic//. National Geographic Society, 1996-2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/plate-tectonics-article.html>.

Cocos Plate__: an example of a convergent boundary, located around Central America, caused volcanoes parallel to it __South American Plate__: another example of a convergent boundary, covers areas in Brazil <span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Pugliano, Jessica. "Research Links." //Wikispaces//. cmspugliano, Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://cmspugliano.wikispaces.com/Research+Links>.




 * Divergent: magma rises and pushes plates apart**
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Volcanoes rise at seems
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Mountains rise at seems
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Magma rises toward surface and pushes apart two plates

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Sub-types:
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">ocean and ocean
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">continental and continental

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Examples of Divergent Boundaries <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Causes volcanic activity and earthquakes
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Great Rift Valley in Africa

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">"Plate Techtonics." //National Geographic//. National Geographic Society, 1996-2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/plate-tectonics-article.html>.

__Nazca Plate__: between South American and Cocos plate __African Plate__: located in Africa, west edge runs up through Red Sea, no volcanoes are formed __North American Plate__: covers US and Canada <span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Pugliano, Jessica. "Research Links." //Wikispaces//. cmspugliano, Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://cmspugliano.wikispaces.com/Research+Links>.


 * Transform Boundaries: Two plates grind past each other**[[image:transform3.jpg width="480" height="284" align="right" caption="As you can see, transform boundary plates grind past each other."]]

__Arabian plate__- an example of transform boundaries, plate collides with African and Indian plates. Adjacent plates grind past each other, covers Middle Eastern <span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Pugliano, Jessica. "Research Links." //Wikispaces//. cmspugliano, Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://cmspugliano.wikispaces.com/Research+Links>.

Examples of transform boundaries:
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">San Andreas Fault
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Dead Sea Fault
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Anatolian Fault
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Earthquakes (such as the one in San Francisco in 1906.)

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">"Plate Techtonics." //National Geographic//. National Geographic Society, 1996-2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2009. <http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/plate-tectonics-article.html>.