Tectonic Plates

Question 1

What is the Tectonic Plate theory?

Answer 1

• They mapped all the earthquakes & volcanoes in the world
• They said that the Earth was divided into slabs of rock called plates
• Convection currents of molten magma in the mantle cause the plates to move together, pull apart and slide past each other
• New land is made at some plates and is destroyed at other plates

Question 2

How many types of plate boundaries are there?

Answer 2

3 types of plate boundaries

Question 3

Name the types of plate boundaries

Answer 3

• Destructive (convergent)
• Constructive (divergent)
• Transform (passive)

Question 4

Name 3 things that occur at destructive plate boundaries

Answer 4

1. Volcanoes
2. Earthquakes
3. Fold mountains

Question 5

Name 2 things that occur at constructive plate boundaries

Answer 5

1. Volcanoes
2. Mid-ocean ridges

Question 6

Name 2 things that occur at transform plate boundaries

Answer 6

1. Earthquakes
2. Fault lines