Plate Boundires Flashcards
0
Q
Divergent 2 continental plates
A
- separate
- for a a Rift Valley
- exmaple of east Africa
1
Q
Divergent 2 oceanic
A
- separate
- forms a mid ocean ridge
- and exmaple is Iceland
2
Q
Convergent oceanic/oceanic
A
- collide or converge
- subduction
- forms volcanoes
- philliphine islands
3
Q
Convergent oceanic/continental
A
- collides converge
- subduction
- volcanoes
- japenease islands/ upper northwest of US
4
Q
Convergent continental/continental
A
- collide
- mountains
- Himalayan mountains
5
Q
Transform
A
- sliding
- earhquakes
- san Andrés fault
