Plate Boundaries Flashcards

1
Q

Edges where two plates meet

A

Plate boundaries

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2
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This is where volcanoes, mountaind and earthquakes happen.

A

Plate boundaries

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3
Q

two plates move away from each other

A

Divergent plate boundary

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4
Q

two plates move towards eachother

A

Convergent plate boundary

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5
Q

2 plates slip past each other

A

Transform plate boundary

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6
Q

Convergent plate boundary creates ________.

A

volcano and mountain

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7
Q

Divergent plate boundary forms _______.

A

Oceanic ridges, trenches, ridges and valleys

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8
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This type of convergence happens when the oceanic plate subducts underneath the continental plate.

A

oceanic-continental

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9
Q

volcanoes found in line above the subducting plates

A

continental ark

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10
Q

type of convergence where 2 continental plates collide, forming a mountain

A

continental-continental

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11
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two oceanic playes collides and both subducts to from trenches

A

oceanic-oceanic

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12
Q

volcanoes that forms above an oceanic plate

A

island ark

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13
Q

fracture zone that forms a transform fault boundary

A

transform fault

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14
Q

locations of where two plate slides past each other

A

Transform fault boundary

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15
Q

Hanging wall drops

A

normal fault

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16
Q

hanging wall moves upward

A

reverse fault

17
Q

Faults that move sideways

A

strike-slip fault