Sunday, March 25, 2012

Shaking Our World






Geography
Cause 
Effect 
Convergent Boundary 
Two plates come together 
 It creates mountains, trenches, volcanoes and islands. 
 Divergent Boundary
Two plates move apart 
It creates new ocean crust (sea-floor spreading), mid-ocean ridge and rift valley. 
 transform Boundary
Plates slide past each other in opposite direction
It creates faults, earthquakes and tsunami.
 Subduction Zone
A dense plate goes under another less dense plate  
It creates volcanoes and trenches. It may also form islands. 
Fault Zone 
The region where large fractures in the earth's crust
Faults can cause earthquakes and tsunami. It does damages, such as building collapse.
Hot Spot 
A really part of the mantle, it forces magma up to the surface 
It creates islands. 
 Earthquake
Occurs mainly at plate boundaries, movement along faults
It destroys the environment, decreases economy and takes people's lives.
Tsunami 
Earthquake occur under the ocean cause huge ocean waves  
It brings flooding, takes people's lives. And destroys the environment, decreases economy.



The boundary between plates called plate boundary. There are three types of plate boundaries which are convergent, divergent and transform boundary. They have different movement and conformation of surficial geography. Convergent boundary is where two plates come together. When two continental plates come together, it forms mountains. When there are oceanic plate and continental plates, it forms subduction zone cause of the dense oceanic plate goes under the continental plate. Volcanoes and trenches are formed at subduction zone. Divergent boundary is where two plates pull apart. It forms mid-ocean ridge between two plates and trenches, mountains, volcanoes. Transform boundary is where plates slide past each other in opposite direction. It causes faults and earthquake. If earthquake occurs under the ocean, it brings tsunami. 

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