tectonic plates G1

mantle material

→ subducted plate causes ________ to melt, forms magma, rise through fractures in earth crust.

Pacific plate

________ and philippines plate formed mariana trench and mariana islands.

→ tensional force causes

________ land masses around central block to subside, formed between pair of parallel faults.

mid

atlantic ridge formed between north american and eurasian plate

divergent oceanic oceanic

mid-atlantic ridge, formed by north american plate and eurasion plate

divergent continental continental

east afrian rift, nubian boundary and somalian boundary of afrian plate

→lava flows out onto sea floor, cools and solidifies, process

sea floor spreading

→ volcanic islands

grow above sea level

convergent oceanic oceanic

mariana trench, mariana islands, pacific plate and philippine plate

convergent oceanic continental

sunda trench, barisan montains, australian plate, eurasian plate

convergent continental continental

himalayas, indian plate, eurasian plate

transform plate

san andres fault, pacific plate, north amercia plate