Destructive Plate Boundary

Question 1

When an ……. plate and a …….. move together the heavier ……… plate is …………. (forced down)

Answer 1

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate move together the heavier oceanic plate is subducted (forced down)

Question 2

As it sinks into the mantle the subducted crust does what?

Answer 2

It melts to form magma

Question 3

The magma rises through the continental plate to form what?

Answer 3

An explosive volcano

Question 4

………. are also created at this plate boundary as …….. builds up when the oceanic plate moves under the continental plate

Answer 4

1) earthquakes

2) friction

Question 5

At a destructive plate boundary the plates ……..

Answer 5

Move together