Chunky Tectonic Plates

Or . . . Earth is really chunked up.

older

The farther oceanic crust is from a mid-ocean ridge the _________ it is.

California or the West Coast or Alaska or Hawaii

The area of the U.S. that has frequent earthquakes is _____________.

Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains

3 things happen or appear at plate boundaries. They are:

Divergent

Mid-ocean ridges are _________ plate boundaries.

Convergent

The Aleutian Trench is located at a __________ plate boundary.

West

There are frequent earthquakes on the _______ coast of South America.

Convection or convection currents

The driving force behind tectonic plate movement is mantle ________.

The Equator

Coal is found in NYS because 300 mya, NY was near _____________.

Jig-saw puzzle

One piece of evidence for plate tectonics is: continents fit together

like a _________

African

The Canary Islands hot spot is in the __________ Plate.

More dense

Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust?

Pacific Plate and North American Plate

The San Andreas Fault is between which two tectonic plates?

Convection currents

The circular arrows in the illustration are called __________________.

Kauai

Which island is the oldest?

The triangles on this map may represent ______.

A) EarthquakesB) Mountain RangesC) VolcanoesD) All of the above

Which NY State location has the greatest risk of a major earthquake?

Massena