Plate Margins Flashcards
Identify the three types of plate margin.
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Constructive, conservative and destructive.
Identify the three types of plate margin.
What is a natural hazard?
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A natural hazard is a natural event such as an earthquake, volcanic eruption, tropical storm or flood that has the potential to cause death and damage.
What is a natural hazard?
Give two possible reasons why tectonic plates move.
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Convection currents & Slab pull (+ ridge push).
Give two possible reasons why tectonic plates move.
What is a rift valley?
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A long, narrow valley lying between two normal geologic faults. Rift valleys usually form where the Earth’s lithosphere has become thin through extension associated with plate-tectonic processes.
What is a rift valley?
Identify the type of volcano that forms on constructive plate margins
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Shield volcano
Identify the type of volcano that forms on constructive plate margins
