PLATE BOUNDARIES

A

1

it is the area where plates meet.

PLATE BOUNDARIES

2

Identify the type of boundary where plates move apart and new crust forms.

Divergent Plate Boundary

3

What is the famous transform fault located in California?

San Andreas Fault

4

Enumerate the 3 kinds of Convergent Plate Boundary

Oceanic-Oceanic, Continental-Continental, Oceanic-Continental

5

What is the result of a divergent plate boundary?

Rift Valleys

B

1

Enumerate the 4 Layers of the Earth.

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

2

Identify the type of boundary where plates move toward each other, causing subduction or mountain formation.

Convergent Plate Boundary

3

Identify the process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.  

Subduction

4

It is the deepest known point in Earth's ocean. 

Challenger Deep

5

What do you call the soft, flowing layer of the upper mantle that tectonic plates move on?  

Asthenosphere

C

1

Enumerate the 3 kinds of plate boundaries.

Divergent, Convergent, Transform

2

Identify the type of boundary where plates slide past one another, leading to earthquakes.

Transform

3

What do you call the place where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another at a convergent boundary?

Subduction Zone

4

Identify the natural event that happens when plates move at their boundaries.

Earthquake

5

What is the process called when new ocean crust forms as tectonic plates move apart at a divergent boundary?

Seafloor Spreading