STUDY NOTES Standard 2 Objective 3 PLATE BOUNDARIES
STUDY NOTES – Standard 2, Objective 3 PLATE BOUNDARIES
1 • Two plates slide past each other horizontally transform boundary. at a _____
2 • The Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of active volcanoes _______.
3 • When the oceanic and continental oceanic plate lithospheres collide, the _______ subducts _____.
4 • Tectonic plates can include both oceanic and continental crust. ______
5 • Food, water, flashlights, and a portable radio prepare for earthquakes. are needed to _______
6 epicenter of an earthquake is the point on • The ____ above Earth’s surface directly ______ the earthquake’s focus.
7 • The theory that explains why and how plate tectonics. continents move is called _____
8 transform boundary is the • An example of a _____ San Andreas Fault in California.
9 ridge push, and slab ____ work • Convection, _____ together to produce constant tectonic pull plate _______. motion
10 • Frequent earthquakes in an area may indicate boundaries tectonic plate ______.
11 • The hottest rock is found in _____ subduction zones rift valleys. and under mid-ocean ___
12 • During a major earthquake, buildings may collapse sway or ____.
13 • The two sources of energy heating Earth’s decay and heat from mantle are radioactive _______ Earth’s _______. interior
14 beneath • Subduction is when one plate goes ____ another.
15 • Plates move away from each other at a midmid-ocean ridge. _____
16 • If you are indoors during an earthquake you windows and objects should stay away from ____ stand in a doorway. that may fall; _____
17 • As Australia drifted away from Asia, its animal evolved into different forms than Asia. life ____
18 upward • The movement of heated materials ____ and the movement of cooled materials convection downward is called _____.
19 Earthquakes usually occur at plate • ______ boundaries when rock in environments near tectonic plate boundaries experience great stress ______.
20 denser • When two oceanic plates collide the ____ subducts plate ____.
21 • The rise of the Himalayan Mountains changed wind patterns. world _____
22 • Rock begins to sink when it has ______ cooled and becomes denser.
23 ridge is a ____ rift • At the center of a mid-ocean _____ valley.
24 lithosphere • Tectonic plates _____ are blocks of ______.
25 continental plates results • The collision of two _____ mountains in the formation of _____.
26 move when heat • Earth’s tectonic plate’s ______ convection currents in Earth’s mantle. creates _____
27 size of • The breakup of Pangea changed the ____ the continents and world ____. climates
28 subducting plate boundary will pull the rest • A _____ down of the plate _____.
29 • Earthquakes generally occur at plate stress on rocks is greatest. boundaries, where ______
30 • The Himalaya Mountains were formed in a ____ collision at a convergent boundary.
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