Plate Tectonics Flash Cards
1
Q
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
What is the type of fault?
What movement occurs?
A
Normal fault.
Two plates separate.
2
Q
- What are the types of plates in a divergent boundary?
- What are the resulting features?
- Give real-life examples.
A
- Continental-Continental: Rift Valley (new crust) and volcanoes.
- Oceanic-Oceanic: Volcanic Mid-Ocean Ridge and rift valley (new crust)
REAL LIFE EXAMPLES
- Continental-Continental: African Rift Valley
- Oceanc-Oceanic: Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge and Krafla Volcano
3
Q
What is a fault?
A
A break in the rock of the crust where rock surfaces slip past each other.
4
Q
What is a plate boundary?
A
The place where two plates meet.
5
Q
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
What is the type of fault?
What type of movement occurs?
A
