Contructive And Destructive - Earth Sciences

Question 1

What is a constructive plate boundary?

Answer 1

This is when plates move apart, creating volcanoes and new crust as magma wells up to fill the gaps.

Question 2

What is another name for constructive plate boundaries?

Answer 2

Divergent plate margins.

Question 3

What in another name for destructive plate boundaries?

Answer 3

Convergent plate margins, tensional plate margins.

Question 4

What is a destructive plate boundary?

Answer 4

This is when oceanic and continental crusts move together, forming a subduction zone. This can also form volcanoes.