WEALD y8 Plate margins

Where are volcanoes and earthquakes commonly found?

• All over the world

• In the centre of plates

• At plate margins

What is thought to happen in the mantle which helps to explain the movement of plates?

• Convection currents

• Cooling

• Earthquakes

What type of plate margin is shown in the diagram?

• Constructive

• Collision

• Conservative

• Destructive

What hazards are found at this type of margin?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes and volcanoes

What type of plate margin is shown in the diagram?

• Destructive

• Collison

• Conservative

• Constructive

What major landform is found at this type of plate margin?

• Rivers

• Coasts

• Fold mountains

What type of plate margin is shown in the diagram?

• Destructive

• Conservative

• Collision

• Constructive

What type of margin is shown in the diagram?

• Destructive

• Collision

• Conservative

• Constructive

Which 2 statements are true of a conservative plate margin?

• Volcanoes always happen

• Only earthquakes happen here

• No crust is created or destroyed

• Crust is subducted in to the mantle

Which is lighter: oceanic or continental crust?

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Neither- they are both the same