Plate Boundaries Flashcards
1
Q
What is a continental plate?
A
Subduction of oceanic crust, forms volcanoes and ocean trenches (and earthquakes)
2
Q
What is a destructive plate?
A
Collision boundary, both continental plates collide with each-other/ past each-other ( earthquakes created)
3
Q
What is a conservative plate?
A
2 plates move past each other in opposite directions (earthquakes)
4
Q
What is a constructive plate?
A
Plates move apart and magma rises from the mantle ( creates new land, volcanoes and earthquakes)
5
Q
Where are volcanoes formed ?
A
Only at destructive and constructive margins
