Tectonic Plates

?
Conservative Plates
Slide PARALLEL, make earthquakes, oceanic & continental or same
1 of 5
Constructive Plates
Move apart (DIVERGING), create land and volcanoes, have to be the same (oceanic or continental)
2 of 5
Destructive Plates
Crash together (CONVERGING), create volcanoes, continental pushes oceanic downwards into mantle
3 of 5
Collision Plates
Crash together, form mountains (e.g. Himalayan), both continental
4 of 5
CC
Convection currents
5 of 5

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Move apart (DIVERGING), create land and volcanoes, have to be the same (oceanic or continental)

Back

Constructive Plates

Card 3

Front

Crash together (CONVERGING), create volcanoes, continental pushes oceanic downwards into mantle

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Crash together, form mountains (e.g. Himalayan), both continental

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Convection currents

Back

Preview of the back of card 5

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Geography resources:

See all Geography resources »See all Natural hazards resources »