Plate Tectonics 4.3

Question 0

Convergent boundary

Answer 0

The boundary formed the collision of two lithospheric plates

Question 1

Plate tectonics

Answer 1

The theory that explains how large pieces of the earths outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape

Question 2

Divergent boundary

Answer 2

The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

Question 3

Transform boundary

Answer 3

The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally

Question 4

Ridge push

Answer 4

When oceanic lithosphere in mid ocean ridges slides downhill into the asthenosphere due to the force of gravity

Question 5

Convection

Answer 5

Hot rock from deep within the earth rises, but the cooler rock near he surface sinks. It causes lithosphere to move sideways and away.

Question 6

Slab pull

Answer 6

The edge of the tectonic plate that contains oceanic lithosphere sinks and pulls the rest of the tectonic plate with it in the process slab pull