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Plate Tectonics

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Total cards: 10•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

OCEANIC-CONTINENTAL INDICATORS: FEATURES: VOLCANISM: METAMORPHISM: EARTHQUAKES:

Back (Answer)

INDICATORS: point of subduction indicated by a trench FEATURES: intensely folded mountain ranges VOLCANISM: andesitic volcanism, High silica content, highly viscous Magna and explosive. Granitic magma intrusions METAMORPHISM: regional and contact EARTHQUAKES: shallow to deep focus

#2
Front (Question)

OCEANIC-OCEANIC INDICATORS: FEATURES: VOLCANISM: METAMORPHISM: EARTHQUAKES:

Back (Answer)

INDICATORS: point of subduction indicated by trench FEATURES: island arc chains VOLCANISM: andesitic volcanism, granitic magma intrusions METAMORPHISM: regional and contact EARTHQUAKES: shallow to deep focus

#3
Front (Question)

CONTINENTAL- CONTINENTAL INDICATORS: FEATURES: VOLCANISM: METAMORPHISM: EARTHQUAKES:

Back (Answer)

INDICATORS: intensely folded uplifted crust FEATURES: mountain ranges VOLCANISM: none METAMORPHISM: intense regional, NO contact EARTHQUAKES: shallow to medium

#4
Front (Question)

DIVERGENT INDICATORS: FEATURES: VOLCANISM: METAMORPHISM: EARTHQUAKES:

Back (Answer)

INDICATORS: mid oceanic ridges FEATURES: basaltic effusive lava pillows VOLCANISM: high basaltic lava content. Less explosive. Effusive volcanism METAMORPHISM: little to no metamorphism EARTHQUAKES: shallow focus

#5
Front (Question)

TRANSFORM INDICATORS: FEATURES: VOLCANISM: METAMORPHISM: EARTHQUAKES:

Back (Answer)

INDICATORS: earthquakes, displaced crust FEATURES: faulting VOLCANISM: none METAMORPHISM: NO regional EARTHQUAKES: shallow focus earthquakes

#6
Front (Question)

List driving plate forces in order of contribution

Back (Answer)

• slab pull • ridge push • mantle convection

#7
Front (Question)

Mantle convections

Back (Answer)

• buoyant magma rises • magma cools, denser, order magma sinks • sideways movement at top of convection current drives plate movement • LITTLE TO NO EFFECT

#8
Front (Question)

Ridge push

Back (Answer)

• gravity causes higher plate at MOR to push the lithosphere away • SMALL INFLUENCE

#9
Front (Question)

Slab pull

Back (Answer)

• older, denser, cooler plate sinks at subduction zone • weight of sinking slab drags attached crust along with it, pulling plate along • GREATEST INFLUENCE

#10
Front (Question)

Mantle plumes

Back (Answer)

• rising hot mantle that form away from MOR • as plate moves over the hot spot = volcano chains formed