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    Earth's crust is changed by the movement of tectonic plates. Tectonic plates move and interact along three types of boundaries: divergent boundaries where plates separate and new crust is formed, convergent boundaries where plates collide and one plate subducts under the other causing phenomena like volcanoes and mountains, and transform boundaries where plates slide past each other horizontally like the San Andreas fault. Most plate movement occurs along narrow zones between plates called plate boundaries, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.

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    Earth's crust is changed by the movement of tectonic plates. Tectonic plates move and interact along three types of boundaries: divergent boundaries where plates separate and new crust is formed, convergent boundaries where plates collide and one plate subducts under the other causing phenomena like volcanoes and mountains, and transform boundaries where plates slide past each other horizontally like the San Andreas fault. Most plate movement occurs along narrow zones between plates called plate boundaries, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.

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    Earth's crust is changed by the movement of tectonic plates. Tectonic plates move and interact along three types of boundaries: divergent boundaries where plates separate and new crust is formed, convergent boundaries where plates collide and one plate subducts under the other causing phenomena like volcanoes and mountains, and transform boundaries where plates slide past each other horizontally like the San Andreas fault. Most plate movement occurs along narrow zones between plates called plate boundaries, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.

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    Earth's crust is changed by the movement of tectonic plates. Tectonic plates move and interact along three types of boundaries: divergent boundaries where plates separate and new crust is formed, convergent boundaries where plates collide and one plate subducts under the other causing phenomena like volcanoes and mountains, and transform boundaries where plates slide past each other horizontally like the San Andreas fault. Most plate movement occurs along narrow zones between plates called plate boundaries, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.

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    Plate Tectonic Movements

    Name: BERNARDINO, ENNAIRA P. Course/Section:BSED-ENG/SEE03A Date: 09/29/2022

    EQ: How is Earth’s crust changed by plate movements?

    Plate Tectonics: Propelled by intense heat simmering beneath the crust or the mantle, Earth’s surface is dramatically
    reshaping itself in an endless, slow-motion movement called plate tectonics. Tectonic plates or huge slabs of solid rocks
    separate, collide, and slide past each other causing earthquakes, feeding volcanic eruptions, and raising mountains.
    Scientists now have a fairly good understanding of how the plates move and how such movements relate to earthquake
    activity. Most movement occurs along narrow zones between plates, and plate boundaries, where the results of plate
    tectonic forces are most evident.

    Types of plate boundaries:

    1. Divergent boundaries -- where new crust is generated as the plates


    pull away or separate from each other.
    Examples: mid-ocean ridge, rift valleys
    2. Convergent boundaries -- where crust comes together. One crust
    is destroyed as it dives under another, known as subduction.
    Examples: subduction, Marianas trench, mountains, volcanoes
    3. Transform boundaries -- where the crust is neither produced nor
    destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other. Example:
    San Andreas fault.
    Clarifying Questions:

    1. What is plate tectonics?

    Earth’s surface is dramatically reshaping itself in an endless, slow-motion movement called plate tectonics

    2. How is the earth’s surface affected by the movement of the tectonic plates?

    It is being affected by the movement of the surface causing earthquakes, feeding volcanic eruptions, and raising
    mountains

    3. Where do most movements happen in the Earth’s crust?

    Most movement occurs along narrow zones between plates, and plate boundaries, where the results of plate tectonic
    forces are most evident.

    4. What are three types of plate boundaries?

    Divergent boundaries, Convergent boundaries and Transform boundaries

    5. Matching type: Plate Boundaries


    __C___ Convergent boundary a. Mid-ocean ridges, rift valleys
    __A___ Divergent boundary b. Fault lines
    __B___ Transform boundary c. Subduction, trench, mountains, volcanoes

    6. Matching type: Plate Boundaries


    __B___ Convergent boundary a. Tectonic plates move apart.
    __A___ Divergent boundary b. Tectonic plates come together.
    __C___ Transform boundary c. Tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.

    7. Matching type: Plate Boundaries


    a. Himalayas and the Appalachian mountain ranges
    __A___Convergent boundary b. San Andreas Fault
    __C___ Divergent boundary c. Atlantic mid ocean ridge, African rift valley
    __B___ Transform boundary

    8. Matching type: Convergent boundaries a. Subduction, volcanoes, and trenches


    __A___Continental to oceanic b. Subduction, deeper trenches, volcanoes
    __B___Oceanic to oceanic c.Mountain ranges like the Appalachian and
    __C___Continental to continental Himalayas
    11. Identify and illustrate the movements of the different types of plate boundaries use arrows to indicate direction

    DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY

    ←→
    ⭝← ⇆
    where new crust is generated as the where the crust comes together. One where the crust is neither produced
    plates pull away or separate from crust is destroyed as it dives under nor destroyed as the plates slide
    each other. another, known as subduction. horizontally past each other

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