NAME:___________________________SCORE:________ ACTIVITY
SECTION:_________________________DATE:_________ HEAD-ON COLLISION
CONVERGING CONTINENTAL PLATE AND OCEANIC PLATE
ACTIVITY
HEAD-ON COLLISION Study the picture showing a cross-sectional diagram of
CONVERGING CONTINENTAL PLATE AND OCEANIC PLATE plates that are converging.
Study the picture showing a cross-sectional diagram of
plates that are converging.
1. What type of Plate is Plate A? Plate B? Why do you say
so?___________________________________________
______________________________________________
1. What type of Plate is Plate A? Plate B? Why do you say ______________________________________________
so?___________________________________________ ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________ 2. Describe what happens to Plate A as it collides with Plate
______________________________________________ B? Why?
______________________________________________
2. Describe what happens to Plate A as it collides with Plate ______________________________________________
B? Why? ______________________________________________
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________ 3. What do you think may happen to the leading edge of
______________________________________________ Plate A as it continues to move downward? Why?
______________________________________________
3. What do you think may happen to the leading edge of ______________________________________________
Plate A as it continues to move downward? Why? ______________________________________________
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________ 4. What do you call this molten material?
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
5. What is formed on top of Plate B?
4. What do you call this molten material? ______________________________________________
______________________________________________ 6. As the plates continue to grind against each other, what
5. What is formed on top of Plate B? other geologic event could take place?
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
6. As the plates continue to grind against each other, what ______________________________________________
other geologic event could take place?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
NAME:___________________________SCORE:________
SECTION:_________________________DATE:_________
ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 2
HEAD-ON COLLISION HEAD-ON COLLISION
CONVERGING TWO OCEANIC PLATES CONVERGING TWO OCEANIC PLATES
Study the picture showing a cross-section of two converging Study the picture showing a cross-section of two converging
oceanic plates. Using your knowledge gained from the previous oceanic plates. Using your knowledge gained from the previous
activity, identify the geologic events or features resulting from activity, identify the geologic events or features resulting from
this collision. this collision.
1. What are the geologic processes that will occur 1. What are the geologic processes that will occur
because of this plate movement? because of this plate movement?
_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
2. What geologic features might form at the surface 2. What geologic features might form at the surface
of Plate B? of Plate B?
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
3. If the edge of Plate B suddenly flicks upward, a 3. If the edge of Plate B suddenly flicks upward, a
large amount of water may be displaced. What large amount of water may be displaced. What
could be formed at the surface of the ocean? could be formed at the surface of the ocean?
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
ACTIVITY 3
HEAD-ON COLLISION
CONVERGING TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES
QUESTIONS:
1. What happened to the two continental plates as they
were pushed from opposite ends?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
2. What do you think will form in the lithosphere with this
type of convergence?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
3. What other geologic event could take place with this type
of plate movement?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
ACTIVITY 4
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
1. What do you observe in the 2 pictures?
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___________________________________________________
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2. Millions of years ago, the land masses in each picture were
once connected. What do you think is happening to the
Earth’s crust in those pictures?
___________________________________________________
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3. If this event continues for millions of years, what do you
think will be the effect on the crust?
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