PLATE TECTONICTS FOR SIGMAS

Question 1

What Causes Tectonic Plates To Move?

Answer 1

Convection current
causes the tectonic plates to move.

Question 2

What Are 3 Main Types Of Plate Boundaries?

Answer 2

Convergent, Divergent, And Transform.

Question 3

What Is A Transform Boundarie?

Answer 3

When 2 Plates Slide By Each Other.

Question 4

What Is A Convergent Boundarie?

Answer 4

A Convergent Boundarie Is When 2 Plates Converge And Overlap.

Question 5

What Is A Divergent Boundarie?

Answer 5

A Divergent Boundarie Is When 2 Plates Move Away From Each Other.

Question 6

What Is A Rift?

Answer 6

A Rift Is A Split In The Crust,because of divergent plates.

Question 7

What Is Magma?

Answer 7

Magma Is Molten Rock.

Question 8

Witch Is The Only Plate Boundarie That Doesn’t Involve Magma?

Answer 8

A Transform Boundarie.

Question 9

What Do You Notice About The Location Of The Plate Boundaries And Volcanoes?

Answer 9

Volcanoes are mostly on plate boundaries.

Question 10

How Is The Pattern Of Earthquakes Different Than The Pattern Of Volcanoes?

Answer 10

They aren’t alway on plate boundaries.