Divergent Boundaries

Question 1

What happens at a divergent boundary?

Answer 1

Divides

Question 2

What happens at a convergent boundary?

Answer 2

Collides

Question 3

What happens at a transform boundary?

Answer 3

Slides

Question 4

What two things are formed at a divergent boundary involving two oceanic plates?

Answer 4

Rift valley and mid-ocean ridge

Question 5

What is formed at a divergent boundary of two continental plates?

Answer 5

rift valley

Question 6

What is the longest mid ocean ridge?

Answer 6

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Question 7

If the Atlantic Ocean is getting bigger, what is happening to the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 7

It’s getting smaller

Question 8

What happens when there is a magnetic reversal?

Answer 8

The north pole becomes the south pole and the south pole becomes the north pole (magnetically only)

Question 9

What is an area where a column of magma rises to Earth’s crust causing volcanic activity?

Answer 9

Hot Spot

Question 10

Where are hot spots located?

Answer 10

In the middle of a plate