FA 5-2 Plate Tectonics Flashcard

Front

What type of boundary is formed when two tectonic plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What is the process called when magma rises from the mantle and spreads out at a ridge?

Back

Seafloor spreading.

Front

What do we call the sections into which the lithosphere (crust) is broken?

Back

Plates.

Front

What geological feature is formed when two continental plates converge?

Back

Mountains.

Front

Which oceanic plate is typically more dense, the one with a volcano or the one without?

Back

The plate without the volcano.

Front

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

Back

Divergent boundary.

Front

What is the term for the boundary where an oceanic plate is forced under a continental plate?

Back

Subduction zone.

Front

What geological feature is created at a mid-ocean ridge?

Back

New oceanic crust.

Front

What is the term for the slow movement of continents over geological time?

Back

Continental drift.

Front

What type of fault is associated with transform boundaries?

Back

Strike-slip fault.