Convergent and Transform Boundaries Flashcards
1
Q
What is a subduction zone?
A
Where plates are sinking as they collide
2
Q
What is formed when two continental plates collide?
A
Mountains
3
Q
Where does old ocean floor subduct back into the mantle?
A
Deep ocean trench
4
Q
What can form when two oceanic plates collide?
A
Deep ocean trench, subduction zone, and island arc (volcanoes)
5
Q
What forms when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
A
Deep ocean trench, subduction zone, and volcanic arc
6
Q
Where do plates scrape against each other?
A
Transform boundary
7
Q
What is formed at a transform boundary?
A
Fault
8
Q
What can occur at any boundary?
A
Earthquakes
