Margins

Question 1

What are ‘Constructive Plate Margins’?

Answer 1

• Areas where new crust is formed.
• This type of margin develops in situations where riding and diverging mantle convection currents create forces which push or pull plates apart

Question 2

Where are ‘Constructive Plate Margins’ found?

Answer 2

• They occur on land and under the sea

Question 3

What is Constructive?

Answer 3

• Two plates moving apart

Question 4

What plates are found at Constructive plate margins?

Answer 4

• North American and Eurasian in Iceland