Oceans 11
Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Our study of plate tectonics is necessary to understand the formation and characteristics of the ocean floor. The movement of plates gives rise to many geographic
features of the ocean floor.
Plate Boundary
Divergent
Plate Movement
Apart
Crust Type
Ocean-ocean
Continent-ocean
Convergent
Together
Ocean-ocean
Continent-ocean
Transform
Past each other
Oceanic
Continental
Characteristics
Example