Plate Motion Review

1

100

Convergent plates move

Towards each other (together)

200

Convergent plate boundaries create which landforms?

Volcanoes, trenches, mountain ranges

300

It takes _________________ of years for plates to move apart.

millions

2

100

Divergent plates move

away from each other (apart)

200

Divergent plate boundaries create which landforms?

rift valleys, mid-ocean ridges

300

What is happening to the map in the image?

The plates are slowly moving the continents apart

3

100

At which plate boundary do plates separate, causing magma to rise and fill the gap, leading to new rock formation?

Divergent boundaries 

200

At which plate boundary does one plate sink into the mantle?

Convergent boundary

300

The mantle is made of

soft, solid rock (magma)

4

100

The plates move (how?)

slowly / due to mantle convection

200

What causes plates to move?

mantle (convection currents)

300

What evidence do we have that plates move?

fossils, continents fitting like a puzzle piece, GPS measurements