Tectonic plate boundaries

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  • Created on: 28-04-20 12:32
Divergent plates move in which direction?
apart/ away from each other
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Divergent allows magma to rise up. This a is a....boundary
Constructive boundary, new land forms when the magma cools.
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Convergent boundaries move in which direction?
towards each other
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Convergent movement squashes the land, buckling it. This is a ... boundary.
Destructive boundary, land is lost/damaged
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Transform plates move in which direction?
Past one other. They do not meet.
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Transform boundaries are also known as...
Conservative or lateral, this results in earthquakes
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Which type of crust is heavier? Oceanic or continental crust??
Oceanic, it sits underneath the continental crust
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If a plate with oceanic crust meets a plate with continental crust, which will sink downwards?
Oceanic, it is heavier
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Card 2

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Divergent allows magma to rise up. This a is a....boundary

Back

Constructive boundary, new land forms when the magma cools.

Card 3

Front

Convergent boundaries move in which direction?

Back

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Card 4

Front

Convergent movement squashes the land, buckling it. This is a ... boundary.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Transform plates move in which direction?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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