Amplify Plate Motion - Chapter 1 and 2 summative review 1

Front

Earth's plates are a __________ solid material.

Back

Hard

Front

At a convergent boundary, what will happen to locations A and B over time?

Back

A and B will move towards each other over time.

Front

At a divergent boundary, what will happen to locations A and B over time?

Back

A and B move away from each other over time.

Front

Convergent plate boundaries _________.

Back

To move towards each other.

Front

The plate boundary shown is ______________ . This means that _____ .

Back

Divergent; the plates will separate, and magma from the mantle will create new rock on the edges of the plates over time.

Front

What is a tectonic plate?

Back

A large, rigid piece of the Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.

Front

What is the lithosphere?

Back

The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

Front

What occurs at a transform boundary?

Back

Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.

Front

What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.

Front

What is a fault?

Back

A fracture in the Earth's crust where blocks of rock have moved past each other.