The Earth’s ____is made up of segments called plates which move relative to each other. The Caribbean Plate is colliding with the North American Plate. A better way of saying this is that they are ____ At this plate margin the process of ____ leads to one plate sinking underneath the other and melting. This is also known as a destructive plate margin. Volcanoes on this boundary are often violent and are called ____ volcanoes. Lava viscosity is ____ which means they tend to form high, ____ mountains. The main large scale landforms associated with this are ____. These are long, deep, thin trenches that mark the divide between some plates in oceans. The North American and the Eurasia plate are moving ____ each other. A better way of saying this is that they are ____ This creates new ____ as lava ____. Volcanoes on this plate boundary are called ____ volcanoes. These have ____ viscosity which means the lava will spread out over ____ distances. They tend to be ____ destructive than stratovolcanoes. The main large scale feature are ____. At a conservative plate boundary, the plates slide ____ each other in opposite directions, or in the same direction but at ____ speeds. As the plates try and move, ____ occurs, plates become stuck. Pressure builds up because the plates are still trying to move. When the pressure is released it sends out huge amounts of ____ causing an earthquake. The earthquakes at a conservative plate boundary can be very destructive as they occur close to the Earth's surface. There are ____ volcanoes at a conservative plate boundary. An example of this boundary can be found in Turkey. Hotspots are places where the ____ rises up through the ____ They are caused by a static source of magma, often away from plate margins. As the plate moves away from the hotspot, a new volcano island will form. An example of this ____

Plate Tectonics

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