Movement of

Plates
by: glycel joyce m. abordo
pinakamaganda lang
Learning Outcomes
Identify the three types of plate movements;
Expound three types of plate movement based
on plate tectonics theory using an illustration;
and
Cite specific examples of landforms as
outcomes of plate movement.
 Tectonic plates
experience
different forces
 2 types of forces
TENSION compression
Occurs when the
Occurs when the
plates are pulled
plates are pushed
apart causing either
toward each other
an elongation or a
causing them to crash
breakage in the crust
due to mID OCEAN RIDGES
tensional force ARE FORMED
 mountainS
ARE FORMED

due to
compressional
force
compressional
force
It results to folding
and faulting of
rocks and soils
What is Folding?
Occurs when
the earth’s
crust bends
What is Folding?
Occurs when
the earth’s
2 Types:
crust bends
Anticline - upward bend
Syncline - downward
bend
What is Faulting?
Happens when Earth’s
crust completely breaks
and slides past each
other
What is Faulting?
3 types of plate
boundaries
 plate boundaries
transform
plate
convergent boundary divergent
plate plate
boundary boundary
convergent boundary

Occurs when plates

crash into each other
and crumple
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divergent boundary

Occurs when plates

pull apart from each
other
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transform boundary

2 plates move or slide

in the opposite
direction
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THANK
YOU!