9.3 Plate Tectonics

Question 1

This land form formation occurs at a divergent continental / continental boundary

Answer 1

Rift Valley

Question 2

Associated with transform boundary’s

Answer 2

Earthquakes

Question 3

Created by a divergent boundary

Answer 3

Mid Atlantic Ridge

Question 4

Convection currents in the asthenosphere circulate & draw the lithosphere like a conveyor belt

Answer 4

Basal Drag

Question 5

force that causes seafloor spreading. pushes old crust away.

Answer 5

Ridge push

Question 6

force responsible for subduction. causes denser plate to sink.

Answer 6

Slab pull