Warm-up/review: Plate Boundaries

Front

What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other?

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates?

Back

Lithosphere.

Front

What drives the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Convection currents in the asthenosphere.

Front

What type of volcanic activity occurs at mid-ocean ridges?

Back

Volcanic fissures.

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates collide?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Front

What is the layer of the Earth located beneath the lithosphere?

Back

Asthenosphere.

Front

What geological feature is commonly formed at divergent plate boundaries?

Back

Mid-ocean ridges.

Front

What type of plate boundary is associated with subduction zones?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Front

What is the term for the process where one tectonic plate moves under another?

Back

Subduction.

Front

What type of boundary is formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other?

Back

Divergent boundary.