How do Plate Tectonics affect

rock cycles• Uplifting• Subsidence • Rift zone

Uplift

• Uplift is the rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations

• Uplift increases rate of erosion in a rock

Subsidence• The sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations• Leads to the formation of basins where sediment can be

deposited

Erosion

Deposition

Rift Zone

• An area where a set of deep cracks form.• Occur between plates that are pulling apart.• Magma can be released as the tectonic platesPull apart. The magma can reach earth’s surface And cool forming igneous rocks.