Plates

Question 1

Describe the distribution of plates across the world

Answer 1

• The Earth’s crust is made up of bits caved plates which are distributed around the world
• Heat rising and falling within the mantle causes convention currents

Question 2

Compare and contrast continental plates

Answer 2

• There is two different types of crust: thin oceanic and thick continental
• The oceanic plate is denser than the continental plates. The continental thick crust allows it to have a low density

Question 3

What are the differences between a destructive, constructive and conservative plate margins?

Answer 3

• Conservative is where two plates slide past eachother
• Constructive is where two plates move away from eachother
• Destructive is finally where two plates collide. Oceanic and Continental

Question 4

On what type of plate margins, would you expect to find volcanoes or earthquakes?

Answer 4

• Volcanoes are found at constructive and destructive plate margins
• Constructive is long chain of volcanoes in ocean ridges

Question 5

Where are individual volcanoes found?

Answer 5

• On plate boundaries.

- Earthquakes are found at all three