Chapter 4 Review - ES

Front

The North American plate and Pacific plates meet at the San Andres Fault in California causing frequent earthquakes. This fault is located at a _____ boundary.

Back

Transform

Front

Which oceanic plate in the above picture must be more dense? LEFT RIGHT

Back

The plate on the right (without the volcano)

Front

Which TWO landforms occur when a continental plate and an oceanic plate hit each other?

Back

Volcanoes on land and Deep Sea Trench

Front

How do most mountains form?

Back

Continents collide and fold up on each other

Front

What kind of landform is created when a continent starts to get torn apart?

Back

Rift Valley

Front

Plates are not created or destroyed: They just pass by each other.

Back

Transform

Front

This is where new material is added on to plates.

Back

Diverge

Front

This is where plate material may be destroyed (or recycled) and returned to the mantle.

Back

Converge

Front

What forms when two CONTINENTAL plates CONVERGE?

Back

Mountains

Front

What are these plates doing?

Back

Forming a transform boundary