NAME: ______________________________________________________

I. Complete the concept map below about plate boundaries.

II. TRUE OR FALSE

1. T or F A rift valley can sometimes be occupied by a long linear lake
2. T or F When continental and oceanic plates collide the thinner and less dense oceanic
plate is overridden by the thicker and less dense continental plate.
3. T or F The oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle in a process known as
"subduction". As the oceanic plate descends it is forced into higher temperature
environments.
4. T or F The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is caused by a lift from the convection current below.
5. T or F Most transform faults are found in the ocean basin
6. T or F At a depth of about 100 miles (160 km) materials in the subducting plate begin
to approach their melting temperatures and a process of partial melting begins.
7. T or F When two oceanic plates collide normally the younger plate will subduct
because of its higher density.
8. T or F Magma chambers are typically higher in density than the surrounding rock
material.
9. T or F A smaller number of transform faults cut continental lithosphere
10. T or F A transform fault is formed between two different plates
III. Match the type of boundary with the geographic location
A = Transform Plate Boundaries
B = Divergent Plate Boundary – Continental
C = Divergent Plate Boundary – Oceanic
11. ___ Andes Mountain Range
12. ___ Appalachian Mountain Range
13. ___ Japan
14. ___ East Africa Rift Valley
15. ___ Aleutian islands
Missing words:
Mantle, Oceans, Volcanos, magma, constructive,
Iceland,apart
This is a _________________ plate
margin. Here the two plates are
moving __________________ from
each other. This causes the
______________ to rise up from the
________________ and form new
oceanic crust. This process normally
occurs under _____________, and
results in the formation of underwater
________________.
Some of these become so large they
appear above sea level such as
____________________.
D = Convergent Plate Boundary – Continental-Continental
E = Convergent Plate Boundary – Oceanic-Oceanic
F = Convergent Plate Boundary – Oceanic-Continental
16. ___ Himalaya Mountain Range
17. ___ Red Sea
18. ___ Mid-Atlantic Ridge
19. ___ Washington-Oregon coastline
20. ___ Philippines
Missing words:
Sliding, earthquake, created, tension,
destroyed, San Andreas, Conservative,
Los Angeles
This is a ______________ plate
margin. Here the two plates are
________________ past each
other. When the plates stick it
causes _______________ to
build up. When this is released an
_________________ occurs. An
example of this is on the ______
_____________ fault line in
______________. Here crust is
neither ___________ nor
__________________ volcanic
eruptions do not occur.
 Missing words:
Crust, Himalayas, Eurasian, Collision, Indian,
towards, subducted, fold mountains,
continental
This is a _________________ plate
margin. Here the two plates are
moving _______________ each
other. As both plates are
______________ neither of them can
be ___________________. Therefore
the _________ is crumpled upwards
to form ________
________________. An example of
these would be the
________________. Where the
__________ plate has collided with
the ________________ plate.
Missing words:
Oceanic, volcanoes, pushed, denser,
destructive, deep sea trench, mantle, fault,
magma, towards, continental
This is a _____________ plate
margin. Here the two plates are
moving _____________ each
other. However the
______________ plate is being
___________ underneath the
__________________ plate as it
is far ____________. This forms
a _________ ________
____________. Oceanic crust is
melted into ____________ by the
______________. This then rises
along the __________ lines to
form __________.