Question | Answer |
A section of the earth's crust | tectonic plate |
The point in the earth's crust where 2 plates meet | plate boundary or margin |
a boundary where 2 plates collide | destructive |
a boundary where 2 plates pull apart | constructive |
a boundary where plates appear to slide past eachother | conservative |
the process where an oceanic plate is taken back into the mantle | subduction |
a cleft or dip in the ocean floor where 2 plates collide | ocean trench |
the force generated when plates slide past eachother | friction |
the process that creates mountain ranges at a destructive margin | folding |
the type of plate boundary found all around the Pacific ocean | Destructive |
the mechanism that causes plates to move | convection current |
when plates pull apart at a constructive boundary, this landform is created | rift valley |
the type of lava formed beneath the ocean | pillow lava |
constructive boundaries produce wide, low volcanoes called.... | shield volcanoes |
the type of lava erupted from a shield volcano | basaltic |
the type of volcano found on a destructive boundary | composite |
the type of lava erupted from a composite volcano | acidic |
the hazard associated with conservative plate boundaries | earthquakes |
when oceanic plates collide, these are formed | island arcs |