Fold and Glue into Notebook Plate Tectonics Notes

Fold and Glue into Notebook Plate Tectonics Notes Plate tectonics: The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth’s outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape. Plate boundary: Place where two tectonic plates _______ (Like the seams on a puzzle that is put together) a. All tectonic plates ________ boundaries with other tectonic plates. b. There are 3 types of plate boundaries. c. The type of boundary depends on how the two plates ____________. Draw the arrows for each type:

1. Convergent Boundaries: 3 types depending on the crusts that meet Collision of two lithospheric plates A. Continental-Continental Collision When continental plates __________, they buckle and thicken, which pushes the continental crust upward. Result: ___________________ B. Continental-Oceanic Collision When a plate with oceanic crust collides with a plate with continental crust, the _________oceanic crust sinks (________) into the ________________. Result: ___________________ C. Oceanic-Oceanic Collision When two tectonic plates with oceanic lithosphere collide, _____ of the plates with oceanic lithosphere is subducted, or ________, under the other plate. Result: Trenches, __________________, or island formation 2. Divergent Boundary The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving __________ from each other. Two plates _______ from each other. As they move apart, ____ may rise to fill the gap. A. Oceanic Separation B. Continental Separation Result: _____________________________ 3. Transform Boundary When plates are sliding past each other _________. A. Continental or Oceanic Plates Slide As two plates ___________ past each other, their irregular edges __________ and jerk. Result: _____________________

Fold and Glue into Notebook Plate Tectonics Notes Plate tectonics: (define) Plate boundary: (define) Ø Ø Ø Draw the arrows for each type:

1. Convergent Boundaries: 3 types depending on the crusts that meet A. Continental-Continental Collision Result: ___________________ B. Continental-Oceanic Collision When a plate with oceanic crust collides with a plate with continental crust, Result: ___________________ C. Oceanic-Oceanic Collision When two tectonic plates with oceanic lithosphere collide, Result: ______________________ 2. Divergent Boundary Two plates _______ from each other. As they move apart, ____ may rise to fill the gap. A. Oceanic Separation B. Continental Separation Result: _____________________________ 3. Transform Boundary A. Continental or Oceanic Plates Slide Result: _____________________