Summary of plate margins

Question 1

Give an example of a constructive plate margin

Answer 1

Eurasian plate and North American plates

Question 2

What are the landforms at constructive margins? 2

Answer 2

Mid-ocean ridges (when underwater)
Rift valleys (when under land)

Question 3

Do earthquakes and volcanoes occur at constructive margins?

Answer 3

Both occur at constructive margins

Question 4

Give an example of a destructive oceanic-continental plate margin.

Answer 4

Nazca plate and South American plates

Question 5

What are the landforms at destructive oceanic-continental plate margins? 2

Answer 5

Deep sea trenches

Young fold mountains

Question 6

Do earthquakes and volcanoes occur at destructive oceanic-continental plate margins?

Answer 6

Both occur at destructive oceanic-continental margins

Question 7

Give an example of a destructive oceanic-oceanic plate margin

Answer 7

Pacific plate and Philippines plate

Question 8

What are the landforms at destructive oceanic-oceanic plate margins? 2

Answer 8

Deep sea trenches

Island arcs

Question 9

Do earthquakes and volcanoes occur at destructive oceanic-oceanic plate margins?

Answer 9

both occur at destructive oceanic-oceanic margins

Question 10

Give an example of a destructive continental-continental plate margin

Answer 10

Indo-Australian plate and Eurasian plate

Question 11

What is a landform at destructive continental-continental plate margins?

Answer 11

Fold mountains

Question 12

Do earthquakes and volcanoes occur at destructive continental-continental plate margins?

Answer 12

Only earthquakes occur here, no volcanoes

Question 13

Give an example of a conservative plate margin

Answer 13

North American plate and Pacific plate

Question 14

What is a landform at conservative plate margins?

Answer 14

Low ridges

Question 15

Do earthquakes and volcanoes occur at conservative plate margins?

Answer 15

Only earthquakes occur here, no volcanoes