Tectonics Topic 1 & 2

Question 1

what are transform boundaries

Answer 1

the plates slide past each other: no crust is created or destroyed. stress from movement produces a fault: which is a zone of fractures
- faults/earthquakes

Question 2

convergent (OO)

Answer 2

• oceanic trench and volcanoes and earthquakes

Question 3

convergent (CC)

Answer 3

fold mountains, earthquakes

Question 4

convergent (OC)

Answer 4

oceanic trench, volcanoes, fold mountains, earthquakes

Question 5

divergent (OO)

Answer 5

mid-oceanic ridge, volcanoes, rift valleys, earthquakes

Question 6

divergent (CC)

Answer 6

rift valley, volcanoes, earthquakes

Question 7

earthquakes are caused by:

Answer 7

shaking of the earths ground due to sudden energy releases