Science (plate interactions)

a divergent boundary marked by long volcanic ridges

• equator

• ridge push

• stress

• mid-ocean ridge

when gravity pulls ridges downhill

• ridge push

• volcanoes

• transform

• trench suction

this type of plate has motion along faults and produces shallow earthquakes

• positive

• transform

• divergent

• density

the important property of subduction

• density

• ridge push

• switches

• parellel

When the subducting plates influence the plate above it

• ridge push

• mid ocean ridge

• slab pull

• trench suction

when a layer of sedimentary rock is scraped off the oceanic lithosphere

• cliffs

• wedge

• relative

• ocean-ocean

this type of plate compresses the lithosphere to form mountains

• absolute

• friction

• convergent

• divergent

tectonic plate movement is an example of a ____ feedback loop

• positive

• parallel

• relative

• wedge

the two types of divergent boundaries are continent-continent and ____

• subduction

• mantle convection

• stress

• ocean-ocean

a common feature of transform boundaries

• absolute

• cliffs

• friction

• switches