Plate Margins Flashcards

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Give an example of two tectonic plates that form a conservative plate margin.
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North American and Pacific plates, Cocos and Nazca plates, Arabian and Indo-Australian plates and the African and Eurasian plates.
Give an example of two tectonic plates that form a conservative plate margin.
What is the area where two plates meet known as?
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A plate margin or boundary.
What is the area where two plates meet known as?
What are the characteristics of the mantle?
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The thickest section of the Earth. Approximately 2900km.

It is made up of semi-molten rock called magma.

What are the characteristics of the mantle?
Draw a diagram to show the main features of a destructive plate margin
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A cross section of a destructive plate margin

A cross section of a destructive plate margin

Draw a diagram to show the main features of a destructive plate margin
Describe the physical processes that happen at a conservative plate margin.
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At a conservative margin, two plates move parallel to each other. They can be moving in the same or opposite directions. Pressure builds along the margin of tectonic plates. As friction is overcome the rock fractures releasing energy as an earthquake.
Describe the physical processes that happen at a conservative plate margin.




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