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    1) The document discusses plate tectonics and convergent plate boundaries. It describes how convergent boundaries occur between two oceanic plates or an oceanic and continental plate. 2) At a convergent oceanic-continental boundary, the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate, forming volcanoes and mountain ranges like the Andes. At an ocean-ocean boundary, an island arc forms as the subducting plate melts. 3) Examples of island arcs formed at ocean-ocean boundaries include the Aleutian Islands and the East Caribbean Islands. The deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, has also formed from an ocean-ocean convergent boundary.

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    1) The document discusses plate tectonics and convergent plate boundaries. It describes how convergent boundaries occur between two oceanic plates or an oceanic and continental plate. 2) At a convergent oceanic-continental boundary, the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate, forming volcanoes and mountain ranges like the Andes. At an ocean-ocean boundary, an island arc forms as the subducting plate melts. 3) Examples of island arcs formed at ocean-ocean boundaries include the Aleutian Islands and the East Caribbean Islands. The deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, has also formed from an ocean-ocean convergent boundary.

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    1) The document discusses plate tectonics and convergent plate boundaries. It describes how convergent boundaries occur between two oceanic plates or an oceanic and continental plate. 2) At a convergent oceanic-continental boundary, the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate, forming volcanoes and mountain ranges like the Andes. At an ocean-ocean boundary, an island arc forms as the subducting plate melts. 3) Examples of island arcs formed at ocean-ocean boundaries include the Aleutian Islands and the East Caribbean Islands. The deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, has also formed from an ocean-ocean convergent boundary.

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    1) The document discusses plate tectonics and convergent plate boundaries. It describes how convergent boundaries occur between two oceanic plates or an oceanic and continental plate. 2) At a convergent oceanic-continental boundary, the denser oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate, forming volcanoes and mountain ranges like the Andes. At an ocean-ocean boundary, an island arc forms as the subducting plate melts. 3) Examples of island arcs formed at ocean-ocean boundaries include the Aleutian Islands and the East Caribbean Islands. The deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, has also formed from an ocean-ocean convergent boundary.

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    Science 10

    Quarter 1

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    Learning
    Competency:
    Explain the different
    processes that occur
    along
    the plate boundaries.
    Learning OBJECTIVES:
    ●Define convergent boundary
    ●Explain the processes that occur
    along convergent boundaries and
    give examples.
    ●Illustrate the consequences of
    colliding plates.
    Activity 4
    Directions:
    Label each diagram by writing
    the type of plate it shows and
    fill out the different geologic
    structures created.
    Type of Boundary:
    1. DIVERGENT

    Geologic Event that


    may occur
    2. Rift Valley
    3. Mid Ocean Ridge
    4. New Seafloor
    Type of Boundary:
    5. CONVERGENT

    Geologic Event that


    may occur
    6. Volcanoes
    7. Trenches
    8. Mountain Ranges
    Type of Boundary:
    9. TRANSFORM

    Geologic Event
    that may occur
    10. Earthquake
    Activity 4
    Directions:
    Study the figure on the
    right showing cross
    sectional diagram of plates
    that are converging.
    Q1. What type of plate is Plate A?
    What about Plate B?
    Why do you say so?
    Q2. Describe what happens to
    Plate A as it collides with Plate B.
    Q3. What do you think may
    happen to the leading edge of
    Plate A as it continues to move
    downward? Why?
    Q4. What is formed on top of
    Plate B? What other geologic
    events could take place?
    Q5. What are the
    geologic
    Processes/events that
    will
    occur because of this
    plate
    movement?
    Q6. What geologic
    features might form at
    the surface of Plate A?
    -lithosphere floats on
    asthenosphere
    -14 major and minor
    tectonic plates
    - 38 small plates
    -tectonic plates are
    classified into two
    major groups based
    upon their
    composition
    -oceanic crust =
    comprised of basaltic
    rocks (denser)
    - continental crust =
    comprised of felsic
    (lower in
    density)/granite rocks
    -Plates come together
    -Describes tectonic
    plate movement that
    results in the collision
    of two plates
    -Slow moving collisions
    shift the plates only a
    few centimeters a year,
    but are powerful enough
    to dorm large mountains
    ranges over time
    -Where plate, or
    converge, a variety of
    landforms are created
    -Mountains, volcanic
    arcs, and deep-sea
    trenches
    -Produce large and
    small earthquakes
    -Build great,
    explosive volcanoes
    as well
    -Older and denser
    oceanic plate sinks
    below the continental
    plate into the mantle –
    Subduction
    -Boundary where
    it occurs –
    subduction zone
    3 types of
    Convergent
    Boundaries
    1. Convergent
    boundary between
    oceanic and
    continental plates
    -Subducted plate becomes
    heated by the mantle, and it
    loses water, producing an
    aqueous rich fluid.
    -Fluid moves upward and
    infiltrates the overlying
    mantle.
    -causes the mantle to
    partially melt, producing a
    magma that rises up
    through the mantle and
    crust to feed volcanoes on
    the surface
    -this process usually
    produces volcanic
    mountain chains on the
    overlying continental plate,
    such as the Andes.
    -Andes Mountain Range of
    Western South America –
    convergent oceanic –
    continental plate(Nazca
    Plate is subducting beneath
    South American Plate)
    -effects:
    -zone of earthquake
    activity that is shallow
    along the continent margin
    but deepens beneath the
    continent.
    -effects:
    -sometimes an ocean
    trench immediately off
    shore of the contineny
    -effects:
    -a line of volcanic
    eruptions a few hundred
    miles inland form the
    shoreline.
    2. Convergent
    boundary between
    two oceanic plate
    -the older, colder plates
    sink beneath the younger,
    warmer plate
    -subducting plate is heated
    as it is forced deeper into
    the mantle
    -underwater earthquakes
    -stronger one – tsunamis –
    series of ocean waves with
    very wavelengths caused by
    large-scale disturbances
    -magma chambers are
    produced as a result of this
    melting-(magma)is lower in
    density than the
    surrounding rock material
    -it begins ascending by
    melting and fracturing its
    way through the overlying
    rock material.
    -magma chambers that
    reach break through to form
    a volcanic eruption cone.
    -early stages – the cones will be
    deep beneath the ocean surface
    but later grow to be higher than
    sea level.
    -produces an island chain, with
    continued development the
    island grows larger, merge, and
    an elongate landmass is created
    -deep-sea trenches are created
    along convergent margins(where
    the oceanic lithosphere bends
    into the subduction zone)
    -Trenches – deepest parts of the
    ocean (36,000 ft).
    If the subduction occurs
    beneath oceanic
    lithosphere, an island
    arc is produced at the
    surface (such as the
    Japanese islands, the
    Aleutian Islands, the
    Philippine islands, or the
    Caribbean islands.
    The Aleutian Islands
    The East Caribbean Islands
    The deepest part of
    the ocean, the
    Mariana Trench, is
    an ocean-to-ocean
    convergent plate
    boundary.

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