Plate Boundaries 1
How do divergent plate boundaries interact?
Divide away
Move away from each other
How do convergent plate boundaries interact?
Collide into each other
How do transform boundaries interact?
They slide past each other horizontally
How are mountains made?
2 convergent plate boundaries with the same density
What is the exact center of the Earth?
The core
How many types of divergent plate boundaries are there?
2
How many types of convergent plate boundaries are there?
3
How many types of transform plate boundaries are there?
2
How is a Rift Valley made?
When two plates diverge and create a crack in the Earth's surface
How does heat travel from the inner core to the crust?
Convection currents
Name at least one type of divergent plate boundary
Ocean-Ocean
Continental-continental
Name at least one type of convergent plate boundary
Ocean-Continental
Oceanic-oceanic
Continental-continental
Name at least one type of transform plate boundary
On land
under the water at mid-ocean ridges
How are volcanoes made?
With convergent plates and one subducts under the other
The lithosphere is divided into pieces called what?
Tectonic Plates
What is an example of a divergent plate boundary?
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Great African Rift Valley
What is an example of a convergent plate boundary?
Himalayas
Cascades
Marianas Trench
What is an example of a transform plate boundary?
The San Andreas Fault in California
What type of boundary is responsible for Earthquakes?
Transform Plate Boundary
What do the tectonic plates move around on top of?
the Asthenosphere
Mark is graphing data collected from satellite images. He notices that a rift valley in the Red Sea keeps getting larger. What type of plate boundary is he mapping?
Divergent plate boundary
During the last 50 million years, the lithospheric plates carrying modern day India moves toward its present position. As it moved, the Himalayan Mountains were formed along the boundary of the Indian and the Eurasian plate. Which is the best answer to explain the type of movement between these plates?
The two continental plates moved toward each other and collided.
At transform boundaries, __________ most often occurs.
Earthquakes
What type of boundary is responsible for creating Tsunamis?
Convergent Plate Boundary
What does the movement in the Earth's liquid outer core cause?