At a destructive plate boundary (subduction zone):
The plates break into pieces
The oceanic plate goes under the continental plate
The continental plate goes under the oceanic plate
The plates don't move
At a destructive plate boundary, why does the oceanic plate go under the continental plate?
because it is heavier
What two things can happen at a convergent boundary? hint: V_____ and E_______
Volcanoes and earthquakes
What is the name of the zone where two plates crash into each other
convergent boundary
Constructive Boundaries
Conservative Boundaries
collision zone
What geographical feature is created in collision zones?
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rivers
Mountains
What is the name of the boundary when two plates moe apart?
destructive plate boundaries
constructive (divergent) boundary
conservative boundary
convergent boundary
What can form when magma rises at a constructive boundary?
Mountains only
Rivers
Earthquakes only
New land and volcanoes
What happens at a conservative (transform) boundary?
Plates move toward each other
Plates melt
Plates move apart
Plates slide past each other
The most famous conservative boundary is located between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. What is the name? (Hint: S__ A___ F____) What happens that makes it so famous?
San Andreas Fault, earthquakes happen here
What is layer 1 called? spell it
inner core
What is layer 2 called? spell it
outer layer
What is layer 3 called? spell it
mantle
Which layer is about 22°C, cool enough to live on?
crust
What is layer 4 called? spell it
crust
