Movements of Tectonic Plates

Question 1

Tectonic plates are constantly _______.

Answer 1

Moving

Question 2

Tectonic plates experience 2 type of forces:

Answer 2

Tension and Compression

Question 3

Occurs when plates are pulled apart causing either an elongation or breakage

Answer 3

Tension

Question 4

Tension forms what?

Answer 4

Volcanic islands, mid-ocean ridges

Question 5

Occurs when plates are pushed towards each other causing them to crash

Answer 5

Compression

Question 6

Compression forms what?

Answer 6

Mountains and Earthquakes

Question 7

Under compression, it occurs when the Earth’s crust bends away.

Answer 7

Folding

Question 8

Upward bend

Answer 8

Anticline

Question 9

Downward bend

Answer 9

Syncline

Question 10

Happens when the Earth’s crust completely breaks and slides apart each other

Answer 10

Faulting

Question 11

Faulting causes what?

Answer 11

Earthquake

Question 12

2 plates against each other

Answer 12

Convergent

Question 13

3 types of Convergent

Answer 13

1. Continental - Continental
2. Continental - Oceanic
3. Oceanic - Oceanic

Question 14

Continental - Continental formations:

Answer 14

Mountains

Question 15

Continental - Oceanic formations:

Answer 15

Volcanoes, Subduction zones

Question 16

Oceanic - Oceanic formations:

Answer 16

Trenches, Volcanic Islands, Subduction zones

Question 17

2 plates move away from each other

Answer 17

Divergent

Question 18

Divergent forms:

Answer 18

Ridges, Valleys, Canyons

Question 19

• plates slide past each other
  -fault line at center

Answer 19

Transform Fault

Question 20

Transform fault forms:

Answer 20

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