Plate Tectonics Flashcards
1
Q
What are two tectonic plates that go toward each other?
A
Convergent Boundary
2
Q
What causes tectonic plates to move?
A
The conviction in the mantle causes it.
3
Q
What is it called when two tectonic plates go away from each other?
A
Divergent Boundary
4
Q
When two tectonic plates slide past from each other what is it called?
A
Transform Boundary
5
Q
What is it called when a plate goes underneath another plate?
A
Subduction Zone
6
Q
What makes a volcano erupt normally?
A
Subduction
7
Q
Where does conviction form?
A
Mantle
8
Q
What normally forms a mountain chain?
A
Convergent
9
Q
What normally forms a earthquake?
A
Transform
10
Q
What normally forms a rift valley?
A
Divergent
11
Q
What makes one tectonic plate go over the other one?
A
Denseness
