Plates 🪩📓 Flashcards
1
Q
What builds up when two plates meet
A
Pressure
2
Q
What is compression
A
When a plate sinks into the mantle
3
Q
What happens to the plate that doesn’t subduct
A
The crust buckles and arches upwards forming fold mountains
4
Q
What is a trench
A
When an oceanic plate crashes into a continental plate the oceanic plate it subducts into the mantle leaving a deep trench
5
Q
What’s the pacific ring of fire
A
The largest plays collision zone on earth
6
Q
What does constructive mean
A
It’s when plates slide past each other
7
Q
What does destructive mean
A
When plates collide
8
Q
What does conservative mean
A
When plates separate
9
Q
Why do plates separate
A
Because of convection currents in da mantle
10
Q
What happens when plates separate
A
Magma rises from the mantle and fill in the gap
