PLATE BOUNDARIES

Question 1

Plates lie atop a layer of partially molten rock

Answer 1

Asthenosphere

Question 2

Called _ because new material is addes

Answer 2

CONSTRUCTIVE BOUNDARIES

Question 3

Plates move apart

Answer 3

DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES

Question 4

One plate is pushed under another

Answer 4

CONVERGENT

Question 5

OCEANIC-CONTINENTAL

Answer 5

Oceanic plate is pushed into and under the continental. Denser oceanic plate sinks and the deepest part breaks into pieces

Question 6

Erupted lava and debris pile up on the ocean floor and submerged volcano rises up

Answer 6

OCEANIC-OCEANIC

Question 7

creation in OCEANIC-OCEANIC

Answer 7

Island arc

Question 8

CONTINENTAL-CONTINENTAL

Answer 8

Rocks are less dense so it resists the downward motion and pushed upward or sideways

Question 9

Plates slide past

Answer 9

TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

Question 10

Creation in transformation boundary

Answer 10

Fault valley

Question 11

EVIDENCE

Answer 11

FOSSILS, ROCKS, GLACIAL DEPOSITS CLIMATE CHANGE

Question 12

Also called _ because one plate is subducted

Answer 12

DESTRUCTIVE BOUNDARY