Plate Tectonics Flashcard

Front

What geologic features are created by divergent plate movement?

Back

Rifts and ocean ridges.

Front

What is the Lithosphere made up of?

Back

Crust and Upper Mantle.

Front

What features are associated with divergent boundaries?

Back

Ridge is developing, Magma is released, Crust is separating, Rift zone.

Front

What geologic features are associated with older oceanic crust being subducted beneath continental crust?

Back

Deep-ocean trench, Volcanic mountain range.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Front

Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic and can flow?

Back

Mantle.

Front

What is the process called when two tectonic plates move away from each other?

Back

Divergent boundary.

Front

What is formed at a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is subducted beneath a continental plate?

Back

Deep-ocean trench and volcanic mountain range.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

What is the term for the layer of the Earth that includes the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle?

Back

Lithosphere.

Front

What is the primary driving force behind plate tectonics?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

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

Back

Transform boundary.