Plate Tectonics Flashcards
Just study the plate tectonics
1
Q
What type of boundary forms mountain ranges?
A
Convergent Boundary
2
Q
What type of boundary forms trenches and/or rifts?
A
Divergent Boundary
3
Q
What type of boundary slides past each other?
A
Transform Boundary
4
Q
What do you call a plate of a lower density sliding under another plate?
A
A subduction zone
5
Q
Magma forced to the surface of the Earth
A
A volcano!
6
Q
Rocks rising up and down in the mantle
A
Convection
7
Q
Tectonic plates and earthquakes cause these…
A
Seismic waves
8
Q
Transform boundaries cause these…
A
Earthquakes
9
Q
This … is like a trench
A
A rift
10
Q
Molten rock is this called this…
A
Magma
