PLATE BOUNDARIES
The type of tectonic plate boundary that occurs when two plates are colliding into each other is known as a _________.
Convergent boundary
The Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge is an example of a _____.
divergent boundary
The area where one plate sinks into the asthenosphere underneath another plate is known as ______________.
subduction zone
The type of plate boundary that causes tremors and earthquakes in California is ______________.
transform boundary
When two oceanic plates collide, it creates _____.
volcanoes
1. convergent boundary 2. divergent boundary 3. fault line 4. subduction zone 5. transform boundary
2 area where tectonic plates are moving away from each other 5 area where tectonic plates slide sideways past each other 4 area where an oceanic plate sinks into the asthenosphere under another plate 1 area where tectonic plates meet and push against each other 3 area along plate boundaries and ridges where the crust of the lithosphere is fractured
fault line
area along plate boundaries and ridges where the crust of the lithosphere is fractured
subduction zone
area where an oceanic plate sinks into the asthenosphere under another plate
divergent boundary
area where tectonic plates are moving away from each other
convergent boundary
area where tectonic plates meet and push against each other
transform boundary
area where tectonic plates slide sideways past each other
Which of the following convergent boundaries would most likely create a non-volcanic mountain range?
continental/continental
A transform boundary occurs where two tectonic plates _____.
grind along each other
Fault lines are:
the crust of the lithosphere that has fractured along plate boundaries and ridges
