Plate Boundary Flashcards
What hazards can form on C/C destructive plate boundaries (Towards each other)
- Fold mountains
- Earthquakes
What hazards can form on O/O destructive plate boundaries (Towards each other)
- Ocean Trenches
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
What hazards can form on C/O destructive plate boundaries (Towards each other)
- Volcanoes
- Earthquakes
- Fold mountains
What hazards can form on C/C Constructive plate boundaries (Away from each other)
- Rift Valleys
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
What hazards can form on O/O Constructive plate boundaries (Away from each other)
- Ocean Ridges
- Earthquakes
- Volcanoes
What hazards can form on Conservative plate boundaries (Parallel to each other each other)
-Earthquakes
Destructive Plate Boundaries C/O
● Denser oceanic plate subducts
below the continental.
● The plate subducting leaves a deep ocean trench.
● The oceanic crust is melted as it subducts into the asthenosphere.
● Explosive, high pressure volcanoes
erupt through the continental plate,
known as composite volcanoes.
● Fold mountains occur when
sediment is pushed upwards during
subduction.
Destructive Plate Boundaries O/O
Destructive Plate Boundaries C/C