Structure of the Earth: tectonic plates Flashcards
Whta is a tectonic plate?
A tectonic plate is a segment of the Earth’s crust.
Name the types of tectonic plate.
Continental and oceanic plates.
Name the 4 types of plate boundary.
Destructive, constructive, conservative and collision.
Which plates are involved in a destructive boundary?
Oceanic and continental plates.
The oceanic plate is forced under the continental plate
Which plates are involved in a constructive boundary?
2 tectonic plates.
the plates move apart
Which plates are involved in a conservative boundary?
2 tectonic plates.
slide past each other
Which plates are involved in a collision boundary?
2 continental plates
they meet head on.
What is formed at a destructive boundary?
Volcanoes, earthquakes ocean trenches and fold mountains.
What is formed at a constructive boundary?
volcanoes, small earthquakes and ocean ridges.
What is formed at a conservative boundary?
earthquakes.
What is formed at a collision boundary?
earthquakes, fold mountains.
