Dutch ovens are cylindrical, heavy gauge cooking pots with tight fitting lids that can be used either on a range top or in the oven. The heavy metal or ceramic construction provides constant, even, and multi-directional radiant heat to the food being cooked inside.lmost any cooking task can be performed in a Dutch oven. Soups/Stews â Dutch ovens are perfect for soups and stews because of their size, shape, and thick construction. The heavy metal or ceramic conducts heat well and can keep food warm for long periods of time.
Some features, such as earthquakes and volca-noes, are more common at tectonic plate boundaries than at other places on Earth. Other features, such as mid-ocean ridges and ocean trenches, form only at plate boundaries.
Faultsâbreaks in Earthâs crust where rocks have slipped past each otherâform along these boundaries. There are three types of plate boundaries: transform boundaries, divergent boundaries, and convergent boundaries. The plates move at amazingly slow rates, from about 1 to 24 centimeters per year. They have been moving for tens of millions of years. A transform boundary is a place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions. Earthquakes occur frequently along these boundaries. The place where two plates move apart, or diverge, is called a divergent boundary. Most divergent boundaries occur at the mid-ocean ridge. When a divergent boundary develops on land, two slabs of Earthâs crust slide apart. A deep