plate boundaries Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two plates in the earths crust?
A
Oceanic crust: which is beneath oceans
Continental crust: which is beneath land
Oceanic crust is thinner and more dense than continental crust/
2
Q
What are divergent plates?
A
The plates that move apart, forming a divergent plate boundary
3
Q
What are transform plates?
A
The plates can slip past each other side to side, which geologists call transform plate boundaries
4
Q
What is convergent plate boundary?
A
The plates can push against each other
5
Q
What is subduction?
A
Subduction is defined as “the sideways downward movement of the edge plate of the Earths crust into the mantle beneath another plate.”
