When two oceanic plates collide, the ________________of the two is _______________. A

curved volcanic mountain chain forms above the ________________________ plate and rises out of

the ocean as a chain of islands, known as an island ____________.

(a)  

_____________________ are common when __________________ plates _________________

and grind past one another. Example: San Adreas Fault

(a)  

___________- ______________ ___________________ can form when two oceanic plates

____________apart, allowing __________________to push through and create new oceanic crust.

(a)  

When an __________________ and ______________________ plate collide, the oceanic plate,

because of its greater density, _________________ down and _______________ under the

continental plate and eventually become incorporated into the mantle. The process is called

______________________. Earthquakes and _________________ are common in subduction zones

(a)  

Earth’s lithosphere is broken into huge slabs called ______________ _____________________,

which rest on top of the plastic-like and easily molded ____________________________.

(a)  

Plate tectonic refers to a theory that these _________________ move ________________ Earth’s surface.

(a)  

Earth’s landscape is changed by ____________________, ________________________, and

_________________________.

(a)  

_______________________ is the process by which ________________ and other Earth

materials are broken into smaller pieces by _____________________ processes or

______________________changes.

(a)