Smith Unit 2 Test Review

Front

What type of stress is caused by squeezing or pushing together?

Back

Compression

Front

What is it called when one tectonic plate sinks under another?

Back

Subduction

Front

What process occurs at mid-ocean ridges when plates pull apart and magma rises?

Back

Seafloor spreading

Front

What type of boundary occurs when plates slide past one another?

Back

Transform boundary

Front

What boundary is responsible for forming folded mountains?

Back

Convergent boundary

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates away from each other?

Back

Divergent boundary

Front

What is the result of two tectonic plates colliding?

Back

Earthquakes and mountain formation

Front

What is the name of the deep ocean trenches formed by subduction?

Back

Trenches

Front

What is the process of magma cooling and hardening into rock called?

Back

Solidification

Front

What type of stress occurs when forces act in opposite directions?

Back

Tension