SCIENCE

Lyka Creus
Loraine Antonette Cupo
GROUP Aimee Nareine Dimafelix
8 Ma Ysabella Dizon

•Picture A (Lyka)
Picture A illustrates a subduction zone with convergent
boundaries where tectonic plates collide, with the thin
oceanic crust subducting beneath the thick continental crust.
It is the process by which the oceanic lithosphere is recycled
into the earth's mantle at convergent boundaries. When
continental and oceanic crust collide, a subduction zone
forms. Subduction zones are areas where the cold oceanic
lithosphere sinks back into the mantle and is recycled. They
are found at convergent plate boundaries, where the oceanic
lithosphere of one plate converges with the less dense
lithosphere of another.
•Picture B (Loraine)
When two continental crust plates collide, the material pushes
upward. This results in a high mountain range. Subducted oceanic
crust is still present beneath the continental convergence zone.
When two continental plates collide, this is another type of
convergent plate boundary. The continental lithosphere is dense
and thick. Continental lithosphere is incapable of subducting. As a
result, when two continental plates collide, they simply smash
together. The tremendous forces of the collision cause
earthquakes and metamorphic rocks. However, the crust is too
thick for magma to pass through. As a result, volcanoes do not
exist at continent-continent collision zones.When two continental
plates converge, they smash together and create mountains.The
amazing Himalaya Mountains are the result of this type of
convergent plate boundary.

•Picture C (Ysabella)
The feature line between two tectonic plates is linear.
Rift Valley is formed by the divergent plate boundaries of
the land. When two tectonic plates move away from each
other, they form a divergent boundary. The Earth's crust
•Picture D(Aimee)

The picture D shows that transform boundaries are created when tectonic plates slide past each
other horizontally along strike-slip faults or transform faults. Strike-slip faults are large cracks
or fractures in the Earth's crust where the transform boundary movement occurs. At transform
boundaries lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed.The grinding action between the plates
at a transform plate boundary results in shallow earthquakes, large lateral displacement of rock,
and a broad zone of crustal deformation.

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ALEX M. AÑONUEVO
Science Teacher