Plate Tectonics and Geological Processes

Name the 3 types of plates

How many main types of plate boundaries are there?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

What geological feature is typically formed when two continental plates collide?

• Volcanic island arcs

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Mountain ranges

• Oceanic trenches

Explain in your own words what happens when a continental and a continental plate collide.

What results when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate? What is formed?

What does it mean when it says that two plates move away from each other?

When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, what is the primary geological process that occurs?

• Plates move horizontally past each other

• Both plates buckle and form mountains

• The oceanic plate subducts beneath the continental plate

• New crust is created as plates move apart

What is the primary geological process occurring at a divergent plate boundary?

• Plates slide past each other horizontally

• Plates collide, causing one to subduct

• Plates move apart, allowing magma to rise and create new crust

• Plates buckle and fold to form mountain ranges

Where are most plates found? (hint, just saying the ocean is incorrect)

What is the fault in California, and what is it known for?