U4: 4.1

Question 1

Describe the makeup and movement of tectonic plates

Question 2

Divergent Plate Boundary: description

Answer 2

Plates move away fom each other, rising magma plumes forces plates apart

Question 3

Divergent Plate Boundary: location/landforms

Answer 3

Mid-oceanic ridges, volcanoes, seafloor spreading, rift valleys (on land), and earthquakes

Question 4

Convergent Boundary: description

Answer 4

Plates move toward each other, which leads to subduction (one plate being forced another)

Question 5

Convergent Plate Boundary: location/landforms

Answer 5

Island arcs, mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes

Question 6

Transform Fault Plate Boundary: description

Answer 6

Plates slide past each other in opposite directions

Question 7

Transform Fault Plate Boundary: location/landforms

Answer 7

Earthquakes

Question 8

Describe how the Andes Mountain range was formed

Question 9

Explain the difference between the formation of volcanic islands