Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes

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

mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water

• volcano

• lava

• magma

• Sea Floor Spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

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-ESS3-2

longest volcanic chain in the world

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Trenches

• divergent and convergent boundaries

• hot spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

create volcanoes

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Trenches

• divergent and convergent boundaries

• hot spot

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

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Trenches

• divergent and convergent boundaries

• hot spot

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

magma that has reached the surface

• volcano

• lava

• magma

• Sea Floor Spreading