PLATE TECTONICS SWAT

THE RING OF FIRE IS FORMED BY A CHAIN OF _______________ AROUND THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Volcanoes 5

TWO PLATES SLIDE AT A _______________ BOUNDARY. Transform 1

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT A North American Plate A

IN WHICH LAYER OF THE EARTH DO CONVECTION CURRENTS OCCUR ? ____________________ Mantle 3

THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A ________ BOUNDARY. Divergent 9

NEW CRUST IS FORMED WHEN ______________ COMES OUT OF THE EARTH AND COOLS DOWN. Magma 2

TRUE OR FALSE ? THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY. TRUE 2020

TRUE OR FALSE ? WE LIVE ON THE EURASIAN PLATE. False 1818

TO CALCULATE DENSITY, YOU _________ MASS BY VOLUME. Divide 4

_____________ CRUST IS THIN AND DENSE. Oceanic 1010

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT D African Plate D

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT G Indo-Australian Plate G

THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A ________ BOUNDARY. Convergent 1313

AT A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY, THE TWO PLATES _____________. Collide 6

TRUE OR FALSE ? THE PLATES MOVE BECAUSE OF CONVECTION CURRENTS. True 1616

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT F South American Plate F

HEAT ALWAYS TRAVELS FROM ___________ TO COOLER Warmer 1

______________ FORMS WHERE TWO OCEANIC PLATES DIVIDE. New crust 1212

BROKEN PIECES OF ______________ MAKE UP THE EARTH’S TECTONIC PLATES. Crust 1515

TRUE OR FALSE ? POTENTIAL ENERGY IS STORED ENERGY. TRUE 1919

TALL MOUNTAINS ARE CREATED WHEN TWO ____________________ PLATES COLLIDE. Continental 8

________________ FORM WHERE AN OCEANIC PLATE COLLIDES WITH A CONTINENTAL PLATE. Volcanic Mountains 1414

EARTHQUAKES MOST COMMONLY OCCUR WHERE TWO PLATES ___________________. Slide 7

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT B Eurasian Plate B

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT C Pacific Plate C

TRUE OR FALSE ? CONTINENTAL CRUST SINKS UNDER OCEANIC CRUST. False 1717