Organize

1. Prepare by reading the Guide to Reading.

Learn

1. Read Chapter 2 in your textbook or ebook.
2. Reread the Guide to Reading to review the important concepts.
3. Take the Diagnostic Quiz to assess your understanding of the basic concepts and identify gaps in your understanding of the assigned reading. Go back and reread any sections that you need to review further.
4. Review the animations:
• Animation: Basic Plate Boundaries
• Animation: Formation of Ocean Crust
• Animation: The Process of Subduction
• Animation: Transform Faulting
• Animation: Hot-Spot Volcanoes
• Animation: The Process of Rifting
• Zoomable Art: The Theory of Plate Tectonics
• What A Geologist Sees: Plate Boundaries
5. Use the FlashCards to test your memory for new terms.
6. In your text, work the Review Questions and the On Further Thought questions assigned by your instructor.

Connect

1. Explore GEOTOUR 2: Plate Boundries and follow the instructions to investigate the locations mentioned in your textbook Geotour for yourself. Then fill out the Worksheet to apply what you have learned.
2. Read the Feature Article related to this chapter:
• THE REST OF THE STORY: Drilling the Crust
3. Visit Geology in the News for breaking news of new discoveries related to what you have learned.

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