Plate Boundaries Flashcards
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What are the 3 types of plate boundaries called?
Convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundaries.
What is a covergent plate boundary?
It is when 2 tectonic plates are moving towards each other. Either both the plates’ edges buckle (collision), or one buckles and the other one slides down (covergent).
What is a divergent plate boundary?
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent, and transform.
What is a divergent plate boundary?
It is when 2 plates move away from eachother. This creates a rift where lava oozes out and forms basalt.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
It is when 2 plak
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent, and transform.
What is a divergent plate boundary?
It is when 2 tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
Where do divergent plate boundaries occur?
Under the ocean.
What happens during a divergent plate boundary?
A rift forms and lava oozes out of it, creating basalt.
What natural disasters happen during a divergent plate boundary?
Earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
It is when 2 tectonic plates are moving towards each other.
Where do convergent plate boundaries occur?
On land and/or under the sea.
What happens during a convergent plate boundary?
Either the edges of both plates buckle and create a mountain range or one plate’s edge buckles and the other slides underneath, creating a trench.
What natural disasters happen during a convergent plate boundary?
Volcanoes and earthquakes.
What is a transform plate boundary?
It is when 2 tectonic plates slide past each other.
Where do transform plate boundaries occur?
On land or under the sea.
What happens during a transform plate boundary?
The rocks along the edges of the plates grind down, creating a valley or under-sea canyon.
What natural disasters happen during a transform plate boundary?
Earthquakes.
