Plate Tectonics

Front

What is the process where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

Name the three parts of the continental margin in order from the highest point to the lowest point.

Back

Shelf, slope, rise.

Front

What type of plate boundary interaction creates large mountain ranges as plates crash into each other?

Back

Convergent boundary.

Front

What is a section of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle?

Back

Tectonic plate.

Front

Which seafloor feature is a broad, flat area found between other features on the ocean floor?

Back

Abyssal plain.

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other?

Back

Divergent boundary.

Front

What geological feature is formed at a convergent boundary where one plate is forced under another?

Back

Subduction zone.

Front

What is the name of the process that describes the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate tectonics.

Front

What is the term for the rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes the crust and upper mantle?

Back

Lithosphere.

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide?

Back

Convergent boundary.