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Types of Plate Boundary
Types of Plate Boundary
Types of Plate Boundary
Plate boundaries
are lines at the edges of the different pieces of the lithosphere.
Lithospheric plates are moving due to the convection current in the Earth’s interior.
❖ it is made up of the crust and upper part of the mantle.
According to the Plate Tectonic Theory, the Earth’s lithosphere consists of the crust and upper
mantle that move slowly and constantly over time. This movement causes the formation of plate
boundaries namely: divergent, convergent, and transform fault boundaries.
1. DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
❖ formed when two tectonic plates move apart from each other creating tension. Molten rocks called
magma to rise from the Earth’s mantle to the surface. The Earth’s surface is cool enough to solidify
the magma that rose, thus, creating new oceanic crust or seafloor. It is also known as a constructive
boundary.
❖ Rift valley can also be found at the bottom of the ocean where seafloor spreading occurs. Both the
formation of mid-ocean ridge and rift valley had the occurrence of an earthquake.
❖ Examples are boundaries between South American plate and African plate, Pacific Plate and Nazca
Plate, and North American Plate and Eurasian Plate.
c. Continental-Continental plate
boundary.
✓ a tension zone is formed. Both
plates collide and buckle up
causing mountain ranges.
✓ Examples are Himalayas
mountain ranges.
Activity 1. Matchy-Matchy!
Objectives: Describe the different types of plate boundary.
What you need: Paper and pen
What to do:
Part A.
1. Match the type of plate boundaries in column A with its description in column B.
2. Write the letter of the correct answer on the separate sheet of paper.
A. B.
1. Motion
_______ Convergent Boundary a. Tectonic plates move apart
_______ Transform Boundary c. Tectonic plates are sliding past each other
2. Effects
4. Convergent Boundary
Part B.
1. Complete the paragraph by filling up the correct term/s in its respective blank space.
2. This is a Cloze test which means that there is no other answer aside from the term/s taken
from the box below.
3. You can only use each word once.
Transform
FaultBoundary
1.Plates move towards each other
2. Subduction occur
3. Volcanoes Occur
4. New Crust is formed
5. Plates move away from each other
6. Plates sideways past each other
7. Crust destroyed
8. San Andreas Fault
9. Involve the movement of tectonic plates
10. Crust is neither formed or destroyed