Plate Boundaries

Question 1

Marked by Volcanoes, mountains, faults, and earthquakes

Answer 1

Plate Boundaries

Question 2

Hot mantle plumes can punch through the center of a plate forming:

Answer 2

Hot Spot (Hawaii)

Question 3

Is a hot spot a plate boundary?

Answer 3

NO

Question 4

Earth’s rocky shell comes in 2 types:

Answer 4

Continental

Oceanic

Question 5

Continental
Made of?
Recycled?
Old?

Answer 5

Thick light weight rock
Can not be recycled
Old and cold

Question 6

Oceanic
Made of?
Can it be recycled?
How old?

Answer 6

Thick and Heavy rock
Can be recycled by melting into the mantle
Young and hot

Question 7

Crack apart and move away from each other.

Answer 7

Divergent

Question 8

Plates move toward each other and collide

———->

Answer 8

Convergent

Question 9

Plates try to slide past each other (sliding glass door)

————–>

Answer 9

Transform

Question 10

Splits one continent into two, forms a new baby ocean.

Answer 10

Rifting

Question 11

Makes old oceans larger

Answer 11

Spreading

Question 12

RIFTING ZONE
Motion:
Lithosphere:
Landform:
Purpose

Answer 12

Motion: Divergent
Lithosphere: Continental
Landform: RIFT VALLEY
Purpose: Break up large continents

Question 13

SPREADING ZONE
Motion:
Lithosphere:
Landform:
Purpose

Answer 13

Motion: Divergent
Lithosphere: Oceanic
Landform: MID OCEAN RIDGE
Purpose: Make ocean floor and lose heat

Question 14

Old ocean crust sinks and melts

Answer 14

Subduction

Question 15

OCEAN-OCEAN SUB-ZONE
Motion:
Lithosphere:
Landform:
Purpose

Answer 15

Motion: Convergent
Lithosphere: Both oceanic
Landforms: DEEP SEA TRENCH, Volcanic, ISLAND ARC
Purpose: Get rid of old cold ocean floor

Question 16

OCEAN-CONTINENT SUB ZONE
Motion:
Lithosphere:
Landform:
Purpose:

Answer 16

Motion: Convergent
Lithosphere: Ocean vs Continent
Landform: Deep-sea Trench, VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
Purpose: Get rid of ocean floor

Question 17

Small continents form during….

Answer 17

Subduction

Question 18

Small ‘scraps’ join to make larger continents

Answer 18

Collision

Question 19

COLLISION ZONE
Motion:
Lithosphere:
Landform:
Purpose:

Answer 19

Motion: Convergent
Lithosphere: Continent
Landform: NON VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
Purpose: glue small continents together

Question 20

Form connecting links between other kinds of plate boundaries

Answer 20

Transform Faults

Question 21

TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES
Motion:
Lithosphere:
Landform:
Purpose

Answer 21

Motion: Transform
Lithosphere: Anything
Landform: STRIKE-SLIP FAULT
Purpose: Connect other plate boundaries