TERMS TO REMEMBER:

TRENCHES - are steep

depressions in the
deepest parts of the
ocean where old ocean
crust from one tectonic
plate is pushed beneath
another plate, raising
mountains, causing
earthquakes, and forming
volcanoes on the seafloor
and on land.
TERMS TO REMEMBER:
MID-OCEAN RIDGES -
occur along divergent
plate boundaries, where a
new ocean floor is created
as the Earth's tectonic
plates spread apart. As the
plates separate, molten
rock rises to the seafloor,
producing enormous
volcanic eruptions of
basalt.
TERMS TO REMEMBER:
VOLCANIC ARCS - are
long chains of active
volcanoes with
intense seismic
activity found along
convergent tectonic
plate boundaries
(such as the Ring of
Fire).
The subducting plate
melts that form in the
lower mantle of the
overriding plate are
likely to thin basaltic
films around
grains. These thin films
are more buoyant than
the solid material
surrounding them, and,
as a result, they begin to
rise.
As they move upward,
they coalesce upward
migrating thin films
growing in size to form
small streams of magma
which in turn rise.
Eventually, the streams of
magma encounter the
Mohorovicic discontinuity.
TERMS TO REMEMBER:
HOTSPOTS - is an area
on Earth over a mantle
plume or an area under
the rocky outer layer of
Earth, called the crust,
where magma is hotter
than surrounding
magma. The magma
plume causes melting
and thinning of the rocky
crust and widespread
volcanic activity.
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Give the differences and similarities between the three figures.
You are a cartographer (a person who makes maps)
and you are asked to make a map. Create your own
and show 3 examples for each type of plate
boundaries. Color the arrows you will use.

Divergent – blue
Convergent – green
Transform – red