Tectonics Flashcards
1
Q
What did Alfred Wegener discover?
A
Continental drift
2
Q
How many types of plate boundaries are there?
A
4
3
Q
What are the types of plate boundaries called?
A
Destructive, conservative, collision, constructive
4
Q
What do collision boundaries do?
A
Make fold mountains
5
Q
What do destructive boundaries do?
A
Make volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis
6
Q
What do constructive boundaries do?
A
Make shield volcanoes and new land.
7
Q
What do conservative boundaries do?
A
Earthquakes
8
Q
What were the tectonic plates said to be like?
A
Puzzle pieces
9
Q
What happens at collision plate boundaries?
A
Two continental plates crash
