Plate Boundaries

Question 1

About conservative plate boundaries

Answer 1

Example: San Andreas fault in California, when plates sliding past eachother.

Earthquakes: destructive earthquakes up to magnitude 8.5, small earth tremors almost daily

Volcanoes : no volcanoes

Question 2

Divergent plate boundary

Answer 2

Example : Iceland on the mid-Atlantic ridge . When the plates pulling apart .

Earthquakes: small earthquakes up to 5.0-6.0 on the Richter scale.

Volcanoes: not very explosive or dangerous,

Question 3

About convergent plate boundaries.

Answer 3

Example: Andes mountains in Peru and chile. oceanic plate is subducted under the continental plate

Earthquakes: very destructive up to magnitude 9.5, tsunami can form

Volcanoes: very explosive destructive volcanoes , steep sided cone shaped

Question 4

About collision zone plate boundary

Answer 4

Example : Himalayas formed . continental plates push into eachother

Earthquakes: destructive earthquakes Up to magnitude 9.0 , landslides are triggered

Volcanoes: volcanoes are very rare