Plate Movements

When one plate slides under another plate, it is called _______

The Ring of Fire is where ocean-ocean and ocean-continental plates diverge

What forms Trenches and Volcanic Island Arcs?

When two oceanic crusts converge,

When two continental crusts converge,

What type of Plate Boundary is this?

An continental - continental convergence creates

What forms Trenches and Volcanic Island Arcs?

The oceanic crust is ________ continental crust

What forms Valleys?

Transform plate movements cause

The Ring of Fire is a 25,000 mile horseshoe shapes zone found in the Pacific Ocean Basin

What forms non-volcanic Mountains?

What type of convergence is this...Himalaya mountains between Indian and China

What type of convergence is this...Islands of Japan and the Japan trench

An oceanic - oceanic convergence creates

What type of Plate Boundary is this?

When plates slide against each other (side to side), it is called

The oceanic crust is

What type of convergence is this...Andes mountains off the coast of South America

The continental crust is _____ than the oceanic crust

An oceanic - continental convergence creates

What type of Plate Boundary is this?

When plates move together, it is called

The Ring of Fire holds 95% of all active and dormant/sleeping volcanoes

What forms underwater Volcanic Mountain ranges?

The continental crust is

Plate tectonics, movement of the Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by

When plates pull apart, it is called

When an oceanic crust converges with a continental crust,