Plate Boundaries (Tectonic Hazards)

Question 1

Constructive Boundary

Answer 1

Two continental plates move apart which creates volcanoes.

Question 2

example of a constructive boundary

Answer 2

mid-Atlantic ridge

Question 3

Destructive boundary

Answer 3

When oceanic and continental crusts move together the oceanic plate is forced under the lighter continental plate the friction causes the melting of the oceanic plate which may cause earthquakes and magma to rise up through cracks

Question 4

example of a destructive boundary

Answer 4

The Nazca plate has been forced under the south American plate which formed the peru-chile trench

Question 5

collision boundary

Answer 5

When two continental crust go into each other it causes a collision both are pushed up and cause fold mountains

Question 6

example of a collision boundary

Answer 6

The andes

Question 7

conservative boundary

Answer 7

This happens when plates slide in opposite directions and rub against each other. Once the friction is overcome then the plates slip past each other abruptly causing an earthquake

Question 8

example of a conservative boundary

Answer 8

San Andreas fault (specifically 1857 fort Tejon magnitude 7.9-8.0)