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The Theory of Plate Tectonics (What are the three types of plate…
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Plate boundries
convergent plate boudaries
When two plates colite.
Trasform plate boundaries
When two plates slide pass each other.
Diverget plate boundaries
When two plates separetes.
Why do tectonic plates move?
Plate motion
Continents move because the Asthenophere moves underneath the Lithosphere.
Fources causing plate motion
Ridge Push
Push moves litosphere in opposite directions away from the mid-ocean ridge.
Slab Pull
As a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called slab pull.
Basal Drag
Circulates and drags the litosphere.
What is the theory of plate tectonics ?
The Plate Tectonics Theory
Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or plates, that move with respect to each other.
This theory was made in a year close to 1960s.
The plates are in the top of the mantle.
Plates are large pieces of Litosphere.
Summary
In conclusion, the theory of plate tectonics was made in the 1960s this theory talk about the rigid slabs of rock that move with respect to each other. there are three types of plate boundaries divergent (when two plates separete), convergente (two plates colite and transform (two plates slide pass each other). We also discovered the three forces cousing plate motion: basal drag (Circulates and drags the litosphere), ridge push (push moves litosphere in opposite directions away from the mid-ocean ridge) and slab pull ( as a slab sinks, it pulls on the rest of the plate with a force called slab pull.