Plate Margins Flashcards
Give an example of a location where volcanoes occur at a volcanic hot spot.
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Hawaii, Yellowstone and The Deccan Traps.
Give an example of a location where volcanoes occur at a volcanic hot spot.
Identify the three types of plate margin.
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Constructive, conservative and destructive.
Identify the three types of plate margin.
Describe the physical processes that happen at a destructive plate margin.
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When oceanic and continental plates collide the denser oceanic plate subducts the continental plate and enters the mantle where it melts. Magma can rise through the lithosphere and erupt as lava through volcanoes. As the oceanic plate subducts, it gets stuck due to friction. Pressure builds up until it is released as an earthquake.
Describe the physical processes that happen at a destructive plate margin.
Identify the type of volcano that form on destructive plate margins
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Composite volcano
Identify the type of volcano that form on destructive plate margins
Some volcanoes occur in the middle of plates. What are these known as?
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Volcanic hotspots
Some volcanoes occur in the middle of plates. What are these known as?
