Plate Tectonics

Question 1

tectonic plates moving TOWARD each other

Answer 1

convergent

Question 2

tectonic plate SLIDING past one another

Answer 2

transform

Question 3

cause of plate tectonics

Answer 3

convection currents

Question 4

two types of plates

Answer 4

ocean

continental

Question 5

plates below the ocean

Answer 5

ocean plates

Question 6

plates below the continents

Answer 6

continental plates

Question 7

products of divergent boudary

Answer 7

earthquakes
fissure volcanoes
linear lakes
rift valleys
mid oceanic ridges
new ocean floor
ridges

Question 8

products of convergent boundary

Answer 8

volcanism
earthquakes
mountains

Question 9

2 oceanic plates towards each other products

Answer 9

volcanoes
island arc
earthquakes
trenches
tsunamis

Question 10

oceanic to continental plates towards each other

Answer 10

trench
volcanoes
volcanic arc
earthquakes
tsunami

Question 11

2 continental plates towards each other products

Answer 11

mountain ranges

earthquakes

Question 12

transform boudary products

Answer 12

faults

earthquakes

Question 13

example of linear lakes

Answer 13

lake tanganyika

lake nyasa

Question 14

example of ridges

Answer 14

mid atlantic ocean ridge

Question 15

mid atlantic ocean ridge

Answer 15

divergence of the south american plate and the african plate

Question 16

cause of red sea

Answer 16

arabian peninsula broken off from the african landmass

Question 17

thin summits emerge beyond the surface of ocean, series of volanoes

Answer 17

island arc

Question 18

example of trench

Answer 18

marianas trench in the pacific ocean

Question 19

the denser oceanic plate dives beneath the continental plate

Answer 19

subduction process

Question 20

subduction process

Answer 20

rock melts, rises then erupts

Question 21

example of mountain ranges

Answer 21

himalayas in south asia
alps in europe
appalanchians in north america

Question 22

example of fault

Answer 22

san andreas fault in california

bounde by the north american plate and the pacific plate

Question 23

mountain formed in part by igneous activity associate with subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent

Answer 23

continental volcanic arc

Question 24

a break in a rock along which moement has occured

Answer 24

fault

Question 25

any break in a rock in which no significant movement has taken place

Answer 25

fracture

Question 26

a concentration of heat in the manyle capable of creating magma

Answer 26

hot spot

Question 27

a continuous mass of land with long width and height on the ocean floor

Answer 27

mid ocean ridge

Question 28

a theory which suggests that earth’s crust is made up of plates that interact in various ways, thus producing earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, and other geological features

Answer 28

plate tectonic

Question 29

an event in which a slab of rock thrusts into the mantle

Answer 29

subduction

Question 30

a depression in the sea floor produced by subduction process

Answer 30

trench

Question 31

a chain of volcanoes that develop parallel to a trench

Answer 31

volcanic island arc

Question 32

tectonic plates moving AWAY from each other

Answer 32

divergent