* Erosion: While erosion shapes the Earth's surface, it's a process driven by wind, water, and ice, not the movement of tectonic plates.
* Volcanic activity on the Moon: The Moon has volcanic features, but it doesn't have plate tectonics. Lunar volcanism is likely caused by internal heat and pressure.
* The formation of a canyon by a river: The Colorado River carving the Grand Canyon is a process of erosion, not plate tectonics.
* The sinking of a ship: The sinking of a ship is a human-made event and not related to Earth's tectonic plates.
Essentially, anything that doesn't involve the movement of the Earth's lithospheric plates, their interaction, or the resulting geological features, is a non-example of plate tectonics.
