PLATE BOUNDARY NOTES AUGUST 31, 2016

- The edges of the different plates meet at lines called ______

- At the border of plate boundaries are______—breaks or cracks in the Earth’s crust

CONVERGENT BOUNDARY

WHAT IS A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY? WHEN ______PLATES COME TOGETHER AND ______. KEY WORD: ______

ILLUSTRATE A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY MOVEMENT BY DRAWING ARROWS INSIDE THE BOX.

THE ACTIVITY DEPENDS UPON THE TYPES OF ______.

  • More dense ______plate slides under less dense ______plate or another ______plate which is called the ______.
  • Subduction is a way of recycling the oceanic crust. Eventually the subducting slab sinks down into the mantle to be recycled. It is for this reason that the oceanic crust is much younger than the continental crust which is not recycled.

THERE ARE ______TYPES OF COLLISIONS FOR THE CONVERGENT BOUNDARY.

1. CONTINENTAL-OCEANIC COLLISION (CO)
-FORMS WHEN CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC PLATE COLLIDES CREATING A ______AS THE OCEANIC (MORE DENSE & THINNER CRUST) SUBDUCTS OR SINKS BELOW THE CONTINENTAL CRUST.
LABEL THE ILLUSTRATION

NAME OF THE STRESS/FORCE (PUSHES OR SQUEEZES ROCKS):
NAME OF THE FAULT:
WHAT CAN FORM FROM THIS COLLISION?
2. OCEANIC-OCEANIC COLLISION (OO)
-FORMS WHEN 2 OCEANIC PLATES COLLIDE CREATING A ______AS THE MORE DENSE OCEANIC CRUST SUBDUCTS OR SINKS BELOW LESS DENSE OCEANIC CRUST.
LABEL THE ILLUSTRATION


NAME OF THE STRESS/FORCE:
NAME OF THE FAULT:
WHAT CAN FORM FROM THIS COLLISION?
3. CONTINENTAL-CONTINENTAL COLLISION (CC)
-FORMS WHEN 2 CONTINENTAL PLATES COLLIDE AND BUCKLING UP TO CREATE A ______.
LABEL THE ILLUSTRATION

NAME OF THE STRESS/FORCE:
NAME OF THE FAULT:
WHAT CAN FORM FROM THIS COLLISION?
ACRONYM: CATS CAN’T READ (COVERGENT –COMPRESSION- REVERSE)

SUMMARY: WHAT CAN FORM FROM A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY?

PLATE BOUNDARY NOTES SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

WHAT IS A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY? WHEN ______PLATES SPREAD OR MOVE ______/DIVIDE. KEY WORD: ______

ILLUSTRATE A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY MOVEMENT BY DRAWING ARROWS INSIDE THE BOX.
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY: LABEL THE ILLUSTRATION
RIDGES- WHEN PLATES DIVIDE UNDER WATER

RIFTS- WHEN 2 PLATES DIVIDE ON LAND


NAME OF THE STRESS/FORCE (pull rocks apart):
NAME OF THE FAULT:
WHAT CAN FORM FROM THIS BOUNDARY?
ACRONYM: D-TOWN NATION (DIVERGENT- TENSION- NORMAL)

PLATE BOUNDARY NOTES SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

WHAT IS A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY? WHEN ______PLATES ______PASS EACH OTHER. KEY WORD: ______

ILLUSTRATE A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY MOVEMENT BY DRAWING ARROWS INSIDE THE BOX.
TRANSFORM BOUNDARY: LABEL THE ILLUSTRATION
NAME OF THE STRESS/FORCE (rocks slides past each other):
NAME OF THE FAULT:
WHAT CAN FORM FROM THIS BOUNDARY?
ACRONYM: TASTE SOME SKITTLES (TRANSFORM-SHEARING-STRIKE SLIP)