Types Of Plate Boundries Flashcards
Convergent
Continent-continent
What features are formed
Folded mountains
And regular mountains
Convergent
Continent-continent where in the world?
Himalayas
Swiss alps
Convergent
Continent-continent
What’s the human impact?
Earthquakes
Subduction boundaries
Ocean-continent
Feature formed
Island volcanoes
Mountains
Subduction boundary
Ocean-continent
Where In the world?
From the BC Coast line all the way down to South America
Subduction boundary
Ocean-continent
What’s the human impact?
Earthquakes
Volcanos
Tsunamis
Subduction boundary
Ocean-ocean
Feature formed?
Volcanoes
Volcanic island arks
Subduction boundary
Ocean-ocean
Where in the world?
Peru chille trench
Japan, Indonesia
Subduction boundary
Ocean-ocean
Human impact?
Earthquakes
Trenches
Tsunamis
DIVERGENT:
DIVERGENT boundary
Ocean-ocean
Feature formed?
Mid ocean ridge
DIVERGENT boundaries
Ocean-ocean
Where in the world?
Mid Atlantic ridge
Or all oceans
DIVERGENT boundaries
Ocean-oceans
Human impact?
Earthquakes
Volcanic eruptions(rare)
Tsunamis (rare)
SLIDING TRANSFORM
sliding boundary
Continent-continent
Feature formed
Fault
Rift
SLIDING boundary
Continent-continent
Where in the world?
California
Sanadresas
SLIDING boundary
Continent-continent
Human impact?
Earthquakes
CONVERGENT
Pointing toward themselves
DIVERGENT
Facing away from there selves
SLIDING transform
Away and toward themselves
