Study Jam: Landforms & Plate Boundaries

Front

Do plates slide horizontally past each other at a convergent boundary?

Back

False

Front

Mid-ocean ridges are formed along a divergent boundary under the water.

Back

True

Front

Where plates pull away from each other

Back

Divergent Boundary

Front

Plates collide with one another
Options: Transform Boundary, Convergent Boundary, Divergent Boundary

Back

Convergent Boundary

Front

Where two plates slide past one another

Back

Transform Boundary

Front

One plate is forced under another in a(n) ______.

Back

subduction zone

Front

A(n) _____is an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault.

Back

fault zone

Front

A(n) _____is an underwater mountain chain.

Back

mid-ocean ridge

Front

Scientists have observed that plates move at rates ranging from 1 cm to 12 cm per _______. Options: century, decade, day, year

Back

year

Front

What is not formed by tension stress at a divergent boundary? Options: mid-ocean ridge, continental rift, rift valley, transform fault

Back

transform fault