Plate Tectonics Check

Front

How do most mountains form?

Back

Most mountains form when continents collide and fold up on each other.

Front

What landforms occur when a continental plate and an oceanic plate hit each other?

Back

Volcanoes on land and Deep Sea Trench.

Front

What type of boundary created the Great Rift Valley and the Mid-Ocean Ridge?

Back

Divergent boundary.

Front

What is happening at a transform boundary?

Back

Plates are sliding past each other.

Front

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

Back

The plate without the volcano is more dense.

Front

What is a tectonic plate?

Back

A tectonic plate is a massive slab of Earth's lithosphere that moves and interacts with other plates.

Front

What is the difference between oceanic and continental plates?

Back

Oceanic plates are denser and thinner than continental plates.

Front

What happens at a convergent boundary?

Back

At a convergent boundary, two plates collide, which can create mountains or cause one plate to subduct beneath another.

Front

What is subduction?

Back

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

Front

What landform is created by divergent boundaries?

Back

Mid-ocean ridges are formed by divergent boundaries.