Plate Tectonics and Landforms

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

What forms when two CONTINENTAL plates CONVERGE?

Back

Mountains

Front

What are these plates doing?

Back

Diverging

Front

What type of event will occur at this boundary? Options: Earthquake, Volcano Eruption, Tornado, Mountain Building

Back

Earthquake

Front

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

Back

Pull apart

Front

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary.

Back

Divergent