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Active Zone - Plates
Test your knowledge of plates and plate boundaries
| 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 |
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