Conservative Plate Boundaries Flashcards
1
Q
What are Conservative Plate Boundaries?
A
Two plates moving side by side in the same or opposite directions.
2
Q
What can occur at Conservative Plate Boundaries?
A
Large & devastating earthquakes.
3
Q
Give an example of a Conservative Plate Boundary?
A
The San Anderas fault.
4
Q
Give one why a predicting Earthquakes?
A
Seismograph/Animal Behaviour/Radon gas levels/Speed of Plates/Aerial Photographs/Magnitude Frequency Analysis
5
Q
What the centre of an Earthquake called.
A
The focus.
6
Q
What is the land over the focus known as?
A
The Epicentre
