Plate Tectonics

Question 0

Subduction

Answer 0

Heavier oceanic crust goes be each lighter crush which leads to new island arcs like New Zealand or mt. Ranges where magma is released ljke The Andes

Question 1

Plate tectonics

Answer 1

Model/theory that explains why continental plates move and how they interact
(Sit on mantel(liquid))

North American plate includes part of asia Greenland and North America & we can investigate how they interact in changes in mt.ranges and land mass

Question 2

Continental plates colliding

Answer 2

Increase in continental plate thickness (smash , compress go up ) and eventually to new mountain ranges like Himalayas

• not all have subduction
• increase in altitude could be from change in habits

Question 3

Oceanic hot spot

Answer 3

Hot rock rises from the mantel and breaks through oceanic crust created by the movement of the plate over the area creating a chain of islands

Ex)Hawaii islands

Question 4

Rift valleys

Answer 4

Two continental plates move apart from eachother forming deep lakes and valleys
Ex) lake Victoria