PLATE TECTONICS SWAT

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

Volcanoes5

TWO PLATES SLIDE AT A _______________ BOUNDARY.

Transform1

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT A

North American Plate

A

IN WHICH LAYER OF THE EARTH DO CONVECTION

CURRENTS OCCUR? ____________________

Mantle3

THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A ________

BOUNDARY.

Divergent9

NEW CRUST IS FORMED WHEN ______________ COMES OUT OF

THE EARTH AND COOLS DOWN.

Magma2

TRUE OR FALSE?

THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A TRANSFORM

BOUNDARY.

TRUE20

TRUE OR FALSE?

WE LIVE ON THE EURASIAN PLATE.

False18

TO CALCULATE DENSITY, YOU _________ MASS BY VOLUME.

Divide4

_____________ CRUST IS THIN AND DENSE.

Oceanic10

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT D

African Plate D

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT G

Indo-Australian Plate

G

THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A ________

BOUNDARY.

Convergent13

AT A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY, THE TWO PLATES

_____________.

Collide6

TRUE OR FALSE?

THE PLATES MOVE BECAUSE OF CONVECTION CURRENTS.

True16

NAME THE PLATE AT POINT F

South American Plate

F

HEAT ALWAYS TRAVELS FROM ___________ TO COOLER

Warmer11

______________ FORMS WHERE TWO OCEANIC PLATES DIVIDE.

New crust12

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

Crust15

TRUE OR FALSE?

POTENTIAL ENERGY IS STORED ENERGY.

TRUE19

TALL MOUNTAINS ARE CREATED WHEN TWO

____________________ PLATES COLLIDE.

Continental8

________________ FORM WHERE AN OCEANIC PLATE COLLIDES WITH A CONTINENTAL PLATE.

Volcanic Mountains 1

4

EARTHQUAKES MOST COMMONLY OCCUR WHERE

TWO PLATES ___________________.

Slide7

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.

False17