PLATE TECTONICS SWAT
THE RING OF FIRE IS FORMED BY A CHAIN OF _______________ AROUND THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
Volcanoes5
TWO PLATES SLIDE AT A _______________ BOUNDARY.
Transform1
NAME THE PLATE AT POINT A
North American Plate
A
IN WHICH LAYER OF THE EARTH DO CONVECTION
CURRENTS OCCUR? ____________________
Mantle3
THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A ________
BOUNDARY.
Divergent9
NEW CRUST IS FORMED WHEN ______________ COMES OUT OF
THE EARTH AND COOLS DOWN.
Magma2
TRUE OR FALSE?
THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A TRANSFORM
BOUNDARY.
TRUE20
TRUE OR FALSE?
WE LIVE ON THE EURASIAN PLATE.
False18
TO CALCULATE DENSITY, YOU _________ MASS BY VOLUME.
Divide4
_____________ CRUST IS THIN AND DENSE.
Oceanic10
NAME THE PLATE AT POINT D
African Plate D
NAME THE PLATE AT POINT G
Indo-Australian Plate
G
THESE ARROWS REPRESENT A ________
BOUNDARY.
Convergent13
AT A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY, THE TWO PLATES
_____________.
Collide6
TRUE OR FALSE?
THE PLATES MOVE BECAUSE OF CONVECTION CURRENTS.
True16
NAME THE PLATE AT POINT F
South American Plate
F
HEAT ALWAYS TRAVELS FROM ___________ TO COOLER
Warmer11
______________ FORMS WHERE TWO OCEANIC PLATES DIVIDE.
New crust12
BROKEN PIECES OF ______________ MAKE UP THE EARTH’S TECTONIC PLATES.
Crust15
TRUE OR FALSE?
POTENTIAL ENERGY IS STORED ENERGY.
TRUE19
TALL MOUNTAINS ARE CREATED WHEN TWO
____________________ PLATES COLLIDE.
Continental8
________________ FORM WHERE AN OCEANIC PLATE COLLIDES WITH A CONTINENTAL PLATE.
Volcanic Mountains 1
4
EARTHQUAKES MOST COMMONLY OCCUR WHERE
TWO PLATES ___________________.
Slide7
NAME THE PLATE AT POINT B
Eurasian Plate B
NAME THE PLATE AT POINT C
Pacific Plate C
TRUE OR FALSE?
CONTINENTAL CRUST SINKS UNDER OCEANIC CRUST.
False17