Plate Boundaries

Front

What is the boundary where plates slide or move past each other?

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What is it called when plates collide or converge into each other?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Front

What geological event commonly occurs under transform boundaries?

Back

Earthquakes.

Front

What is the name of the large supercontinent land mass?

Back

Pangaea.

Front

Which geological event does not occur under divergent boundaries?

Back

Volcanoes.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A boundary where tectonic plates move apart from each other.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary?

Back

Mid-ocean ridge.

Front

What is the process called when new oceanic crust is formed at divergent boundaries?

Back

Sea floor spreading.

Front

What type of boundary is associated with the formation of folded mountains?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.