Chapter 1 - Earth Structure And Plates Flashcards
1
Q
What are plate boundaries?
A
Lines or edges where plates meet
2
Q
What is continental drift?
A
Plate movement
3
Q
What plate movements cause earthquakes?
A
Plates sliding past one another and plates colliding
4
Q
What plate movements cause volcanoes?
A
Plates separating and plates colliding
5
Q
Name all 11 plates
A
North American plate Eurasian plate Arabian plate Indian plate South American plate African plate Caribbean plate Nazca plate Indo- Australian plate
6
Q
What are convection currents?
A
As the magma is heated up by the core, hot currents rise up to the crust this causes the plate movement.
7
Q
What is plate tectonics?
A
Study of the plate movement: folding, earthquakes and volcanoes
