Geography Plate Boundarys Flashcards
What are the 3 types of plate boundary?
Divergent,convergent and transform
What are the 3 plate boundary
Constructive, transform and destructive
What do the plates do when it is a destructive plate boundary
They collide
What is another word for destructive boundary?
Convergent plate boundary
What is another name for transform plate boundary?
Passive or conservative
What’s another name for constructive plate boundary?
Divergent plate boundary
What do plates do in a transform plate boundary?
The slide past each other
What do the plates do in a constructive plate boundary.
They separate from each other
What does the destructive plate boundary cause?
Volcanoes,earthquakes, cold mountains and ocean trenches
What do transform plate boundaries cause?
Earthquakes and fault lines
What do constructive plate boundaries cause?
Volcanoes and mid ocean ridges e.g mid at
Atlantic ridge
What is the pacific ring of fire?
It is the largest plate collision zone.
