Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes

T/F? A hot spot is an area where material from within the mantle rises and then melts, forming magma.

• True

• False

The molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle is known as _______________.

• lava

• magma

• ring of fire

• hot spot

a weak spot in the crust where molten material comes to the surface

• volcano

• lava

• magma

• Sea Floor Spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a process in which new ocean floor is created when 2 plates move apart allowing lava to rise through the rift valley : volcanic activity

• volcano

• lava

• magma

• Sea Floor Spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

a major volcanic belt that surround the pacific plate. Violent eruptions.

• Island Arc

• Ring of Fire

• plate boundaries

• subduction zones

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

volcanoes that create a string of islands: created by the collision of 2 plates carrying oceanic crust

• Island Arc

• Ring of Fire

• plate boundaries

• subduction zones

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where 2 or more plates meet and where most earthquakes and volcanoes occur

• Island Arc

• Ring of Fire

• plate boundaries

• subduction zones

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

create volcanoes

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Trenches

• divergent and convergent boundaries

• hot spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

an area where material deep in the mantle melts through the crust above it.

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Trenches

• divergent and convergent boundaries

• hot spot

mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water

• volcano

• lava

• magma

• Sea Floor Spreading