Lesson 8.3

Question 1

Convergent boundary

Answer 1

A boundary along which two tectonic plates push together , characterized ether by subduction or a continental collision

Question 2

Transform boundary

Answer 2

A boundary along which two tectonic plates scrape past each other , and crust is neither formed nor destroyed

Question 3

Rift Valley

Answer 3

A deep valley formed as tectonic plates move apart , such as along a mid - ocean ridge

Question 4

Magnetic reversal

Answer 4

A switch in the direction of earths magnetic field so that the magnetic North Pole because the magnetic South Pole and the magnetic South Pole becomes magnetic North Pole

Question 5

Hot spot

Answer 5

An area where a column of hot material rises from deep within a planets mantel and heats the lithosphere above it often causing volcanic activity at the surface

Question 6

Divergent boundary

Answer 6

A boundary along which two tectonic plates move apart, characterized by either a mid - ocean ridge or a continental Rift Valley