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