Plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes

Front

Where can red, hot semi-molten magma be found below the crust?

Back

the mantle

Front

The thin crust of the Earth is divided up into _____ major plates.

Back

seven

Front

The Nazca and Phillipines plates are examples of huge plates.

Back

False

Front

Which statement is correct about plate boundaries?

Back

They are zones of movement and great crustal activity.

Front

Two plates moving apart from each other are called

Back

divergent

Front

In a constructive plate new magma from the mantle ______ to the surface.

Back

rises

Front

When two plates are moving towards each other they are called

Back

destructive or convergent

Front

What happens when two plates move towards each other?

Back

One plate, usually the oceanic plate, sinks below the other.

Front

Conservative plates move ______ each other.

Back

against

Front

Conservative plates may be moving in the ______ direction but at different speeds.

Back

same