ES Lesson 5

Question 1

when magma tries to reach the surface, the crust starts to break apart forming.

Answer 1

mid ocean ridges

Question 2

as magma cools down, this will lead to the formation of new sea floor.

Answer 2

sea floor spreading

Question 3

low land region that forms where earth’s tectonic plates move apart, or rift.

Answer 3

rift valley

Question 4

transform boundaries are also called

Answer 4

conservative boundaries

Question 5

a transform boundary involving two mid ocean ridges

Answer 5

ridge-ridge transform boundary

Question 6

formed by two collisions of two oceanic plates

Answer 6

mariana trench

Question 7

a deep fissure in the ocean floor

Answer 7

trenches

Question 8

an area where sediments from the ocean floor are added to the continental crust

Answer 8

accretionary wedge

Question 9

an area where the oceanic crust sinks.

Answer 9

subduction zone

Question 10

when magma reaches the surface, volcanoes are formed and magma escapes.

Answer 10

volcanic arcs

Question 11

both plates stack up creating an uplift thick of crust. this process is called

Answer 11

convergent folding

Question 12

formation of mid ocean ridges and rift valleys

Answer 12

divergent boundaries

Question 13

conservative, related to divergent boundaries

Answer 13

transform boundary

Question 14

subduction, formation of trenches and island arcs, convergent folding

Answer 14

convergent boundary