Plate Tectonics and Volcano Flashcards
A mountain or hill, typically
conical, having a crater or vent
through which lava, rock
fragments, hot vapor, and gas are
being or have been erupted from
the earth’s crust.
Volcano
A long, narrow, deep depression
in the ocean floor, typically one
running parallel to a plate
boundary and marking a
subduction zone.
Trench
Plate under landmasses
Continental Plates
Plate under the ocean
Oceanic Plates
A path along the Pacific Ocean
characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes
Ring of Fire
How are volcanoes distributed?
Most are concentrated on the edges of continents
What happens to
the oceanic crust as it collides with the continental crust?
The oceanic plate is subducted under the continental plate due to the high density of the oceanic plate.
What do you think may happen to
the leading edge of the oceanic crust as it
continues to move downward?
it will undergo subduction process.
What is formed on top of continental crust?
Volcanoes
How is a volcano formed?
One plate subducts beneath the other, resulting in a variety of earthquakes and a line of volcanoes on the overriding plate.
What necessary precautions you
should do during a volcanic eruption?
- Limit your time outdoors and use a cloth mask.
- Avoid areas downwind and river valleys.
- Take temporary shelter from volcanic ash where you are.
- Cover ventilation openings, seal doors and windows.
- Avoid driving in heavy ash.
What are produced from the movement of tectonic plates?
Volcanoes and earthquakes
It is composed of many individual huge pieces of solid rocks called plates
Lithosphere
Individual huge pieces of solid rocks
Plates
What is the Germanized form of “Pangaea”?
Pangäa
Developed from the 1950s through the 1970s
Plate tectonic theory