Tectonic Plates

Tectonic Activity

• Landscapes are formed and transformed through processes such as geomorphic, hydrological, atmospheric, biotic and human processes.

Tectonic Plates

• Magma underneath the plates cause them to move.

• Movement of tectonic plates

  • Converging- tectonic plates are being pushed into one another, creating mountain ranges.

  • Diverging- tectonic plates that are being pulled apart from one another, creating rifts, allowing magma to ooze to the surface and create new land.

  • Transform Boundary- tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes.