Plates Flashcards
Meaning of convergent
Two plates move towards each other this happens along a mid ocean ride
Meaning of Divergent
This occurs when two plates move apart
Are plates joined together
No plates joined to each other they are only touching the move because they’re molted rocks below them that move
what happens when a continental and continental plate collide
The continental crust buckles and rocks pile creating a mountain
Meaning of subduction
It happenes When the plate moves slowly and continuously under the continental
Fault lines
Where to plate boundaries meet
Transform plates
Plates that move past each other e.g: earthquake
Plate tectonic
Plate tectonics are a scientific theory that explains how major landforms form
Deposition
The rock building up of eroded material in a new location
Erosion
The process of rocks/sediments of rocks moving to a new location
Weather
Break down or dissolving the rocks by water,wind,chemical, and living things
Continental drift
Fossil fuel on the coast of South Africa and South America
Latitude
Temperatures are typically warmer approaching equator and cooler
Approaching the poles
Intrusive
Forms when magma is trapped and deep inside the earth
Extursive
Produced when magma exits
And cools above (or very near) the earths surface.
