Plate Boundaries Guided Notes - Part I

Plate Boundaries Guided Notes

Part I

Plate Boundaries

Where two plates meet

Plates

7 Major Plates

Divergent Boundaries

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As the plates move apart, ​

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, fills in the space between the two plates, and hardens.

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magma

rises

sand, solidifies

Convergent Boundary

• Continental/oceanic

• Continental/Continental

• Oceanic/Oceanic​

Three types of collision

Continental/Oceanic (C-O)

Dropdown

Oceanic crust is denser so it is forced ​

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continental crust.

Multiple Choice

_________ zone refers to the region where one plate moves under another.

• Abduction

• Subduction

• Traction

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Example: S. America/Nazca --> ​

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Mountains and Peru Trench

Continental/
Continental Convergent (C-C)

• Neither will subduct

• Non-volcanic

Dropdown

Example: NC & Africa --> ​

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Mountains

Dropdown

Example: India & Eurasia --> ​

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.

Oceanic/
Oceanic (O-O)

Dropdown

One of the plates must ​

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under the other

Drag and Drop

Features: trenches, ​

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volcanic

island

arcs

Japan

Philipines

West Indies

Examples