Plate Tectonics Convection Currents The force responsible for

Plate Tectonics

Convection Currents The force responsible for plate movement is _____.

Plate Boundaries apart Divergent Boundary – moving _____ ¢ Convergent Boundary – moving ____ together ¢ Transform Fault Boundary – moving sideways past each other ____________ ¢

Divergent boundary of two continental plates. rift valley East African Rift Creates a _____. Example: _______

Convergent boundary of two oceanic plates. island arc and a _____. trench Example: _____ Japan Creates an ____

Convergent boundary of an oceanic plate and a continental plate. Forms a _______ volcanic mountain range trench Examples: Cascades Andes Mts and a _______ or _______

Convergent boundary of two continental plates. Forms Himalayas a ______ folded mountain range. Examples: ______, Appalachians Alps, _______

Transform-fault boundary where the North American and Pacific plates are moving ____ past each other. San Andreas Fault in California Example: ________

Plate Boundaries Review ¢ ¢ ¢ Places where plates move apart are called _______ boundaries. divergent When continental plates diverge a rift valley ______ is formed. When two oceanic plates converge what is an island arc and a trench created? _________ The Appalachians formed mainly from continental plate collisions and therefore a _____ mountain range. folded Convection currents The force that moves the plates ______