Plate Tectonic Features

A large natural increase in elevation from Earth’s surface caused by folding Earth’s crust upward by pressure. Occurs at a convergent boundary of two continental plates.

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Rift Valley

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A deep v-shaped valley formed when one plate goes under another.

• Rift

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Trench

• Fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A linear gap in Earth's crust found at divergent boundaries.

• Trench

• Rift

• Fault

• Volcanic Island Arc

A break in Earth's crust where the land has been displaced or shifted along a transform boundary.

• Fault

• Rift

• Trench

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A sudden and violent shaking of the ground due to the movement of plates.

• Fault

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Volcano

• Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An underwater chain of mountains that forms along a rift at a divergent boundary.

• Trench

• Volcanic Island Arc

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Volcanic Mountain Chain

Volcanic islands, geysers, and hot springs found in the middle of a plate away from a boundary are most likely caused by a(n)

• subduction zone.

• earthquake.

• strike-slip fault.

• hot spot.

Subduction zones occur when

• two plates collide and fold up.

• two plates move apart.

• two plates slide past each other side-by-side.

• the more dense plate goes under the less dense plate when two plates meet.

Convergent boundaries occur when

• two plates collide.

• two plates move apart.

• two plates slide past each other side-by-side.

• the more dense plate goes under the less dense plate when two plates meet.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Divergent boundaries occur when

• two plates collide.

• two plates move apart.

• two plates slide past each other side-by-side.

• the more dense plate goes under the less dense plate when two plates meet.