Chapter 2 - Forces of Plate Motion

Front

What is the main force acting along a convergent boundary?

Back

Compression.

Front

Which transform fault can be seen on Earth's surface?

Back

San Andreas Fault.

Front

What is the series of processes that continually change one rock type into another called?

Back

Rock cycle.

Front

What is the plastic layer within the mantle called?

Back

Asthenosphere.

Front

True or False: A mid-ocean ridge forms when tension acts on seafloor rocks.

Back

True.

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move apart?

Back

Divergent boundary.

Front

What is the force that pulls tectonic plates apart at a divergent boundary?

Back

Tension.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?

Back

Subduction zone.

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Back

Lithosphere.

Front

What is the process by which one tectonic plate moves under another called?

Back

Subduction.