Matching Pairs Plates, earthquakes, volcanoesOnline version Lesson 2 by Elizabeth Adames 1 lithosphere 2 landslides and tsunamis 3 epicenter 4 fault 5 volcanic island 6 gravity and convection currents 7 Atlantic Ocean 8 plate boundaries 9 an earthquake A crack in the Earth's crust Composed of sections called plates Reasons why plates move The force people feel when two plates jerk into a new position The place on Earth's surface above a focus during an earthquake is the Sight of a spreading plate boundary These are the edges of the plates This forms when a volcano reaches the surface of the water Examples of rapid destruction caused by earthquakes