Plate Tectonics vocabulary

Front

Why is an oceanic plate subducted by a continental plate?

Back

The oceanic plate is denser

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Front

Which feature does not form at a subduction boundary? Options: A trench, A rift, Volcanoes, Mountains

Back

A rift

Front

Name this boundary: Convergent, Divergent, Transform, Sergent

Back

Convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Name the boundary: divergent, convergent, transform, sergent

Back

transform

Front

Name the boundary

Back

divergent

Front

Oceanic crust is...

Back

Thinner, younger, and more dense than continental crust

Front

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

Back

Pangea

Front

Created by a divergent boundary

Back

mid-Atlantic ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What type of boundary creates a new seafloor?

Back

divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Which is the softer moving area of the mantle that contains convection current? Options: asthenosphere, lithosphere, outer core, oceanic crust

Back

asthenosphere