Plate
Boundarie
s
Crossword Puzzle
Down:
1. The break in a rock along
which movement have
occurred
2. Earth crust that is thinner
but denser
3. Mt. Pinatubo
6. Molten rocks
8. The innermost layer of the earth
Crossword Puzzle
Across:
4. The outermost rigid layer of
the earth consists of the crust
and upper mantle
5. Borderline
7. Movement of the lithospheric
plate
9. The vibration of the Earth due
to the release of tremendous
energy
Plate
tectonics is
a theory that
explains the
surface of the
earth is
broken into
and small lithospheric plates
that are moving constantly
large and slowly.
•The lithosphere is made up of
the crust and upper part of the
mantle.
-There are two types of crusts:
a. the continental crust which is
thicker but less dense, and
b. the oceanic crust,
which is thinner and
Boundar
ies
are the
lines at
the
edges of
the
different
pieces of
the
lithosphe
re.
Types of Plate Boundaries
1. Divergent boundaries refer to plates
that separate and move apart in
opposite directions forming new
lithosphere - the young seafloor.
Result:
• ocean ridges (seafloor
spreading) or
• at rifted continental
margins (rift valley).
2. Convergent boundaries are formed when
two plates move toward each other. Types of
convergent boundary:
a. continental plate and oceanic plate: The
oceanic plate bends downward at the
subduction zone forming a trench. The Oceanic
plate sinks because it is denser than the
continental plate.
b. two oceanic plates: the older plate sinks.
c. two continental plates: they collide and buckle
up forming mountain ranges. No subduction
3. Transform
fault boundaries
are plates sliding
past or slipping
past each other.
Fill the Missing Piece!
ASSESSMENT:
• Directions: Summarize what you have learned from the
lesson and activities by completing the sentences using
the words from the box. You can only use each word
once. Use a separate sheet of paper for your answers.
•(1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is made of
earth’s crust and upper mantle. It is
subdivided into portions called
•(2) _ _ _ _ _ _ that move above the
mantle. The two kinds of crust are
•(3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ crust, which is
thicker but less dense, and oceanic
crust, which is thinner but
•(4) _ _ _ _ _ _.
•A (5) _ _ _ _ _ _ that the Earth’s crust
is made up of plates moving (6) _ _ _
_ _ _ and interact in various ways is
Plate Tectonics. The interaction of
the plates produces earthquakes,
mountains, volcanoes, and other (7)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ features. (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from the Earth’s
interior makes the plates move
above the mantle.
•This movement causes the formation
of three types of plate boundaries
which are (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
boundary, two plates sliding each
other; (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ boundary,
two plates moving away from each
other and convergent boundary
which plates are moving (11) _ _ _ _ _
_ each other.
•Three types of convergent
boundaries are (12) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ convergent boundary which
forms volcanic island arc, (13) _ _ _ _
_______________________
_ convergent boundary forming a
continental volcanic arc, and (14) _ _
__________________
convergent boundary wherein there
is no (15) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
