Understanding Plate Tectonic Boundaries

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Plate Tectonics

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Theory explaining the movement of Earth's lithosphere

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Describe how the plates are moving in a Convergent Boundary

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Describe how the plates are moving in a Divergent Boundary

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Describe how the plates are moving in a Transform Boundary

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Plates slide past each other

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Subduction Zone

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The more dense plate sinks beneath another plate at a Convergent Boundary

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Underwater mountain range formed by divergent boundaries

Magma in the Asthenosphere is exposed, building mountains from below

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Earthquakes are common at transform boundaries.

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True - since the Earth is shifting, there will be Earthquakes. California sits on a transform boundary, that is why there are so many Earthquakes there

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Volcanoes are typically found at divergent boundaries.

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False. They are typically found at Convergent Boundaries. The volcanic activity at a divergent boundary is deep within the crust, not on the surface like a volcano

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This landform can be found at a continental-continental Convergent Boundary

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Mountain range

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This landform can be found at an oceanic Divergent Boundary

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Oceanic Ridge, the divergent boundary separates the crust, allowing magma from below to fill in the gap. Over time this builds up an underwater mountain range