Plate Tectonics

Front

What are the two types of plate boundaries where volcanoes are created?

Back

Divergent and Convergent boundaries.

Front

What is the process called when two tectonic plates move toward each other and one sinks under the other?

Back

Subduction.

Front

What do we call the locations where Earth's plates meet?

Back

Plate boundaries.

Front

What type of convergent boundary is responsible for the formation of mountains?

Back

Continental-Continental Convergent.

Front

Where does seafloor spreading occur?

Back

Mid-ocean ridges.

Front

What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates away from each other?

Back

Divergence.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a transform boundary?

Back

Fault lines.

Front

What is the main driving force behind plate tectonics?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle.

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform boundary.