Question

match the following a plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from each other the process by which a continent is pulled apart at a divergent plate boundary a plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another a plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide process in which two lithospheric plates of different densities converge and the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other transform boundary subduction divergent boundary convergent boundary continental rifting

Explanation:

Each term is matched to its definition based on plate tectonics concepts:

1. Divergent boundaries are defined by tectonic plates moving apart.
2. Continental rifting is the splitting of a continent at a divergent boundary.
3. Transform boundaries involve plates sliding horizontally past each other.
4. Convergent boundaries are where plates move toward and collide with each other.
5. Subduction is the specific process where a denser lithospheric plate sinks beneath a less dense one at a convergent boundary.

Answer:

• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from each other → Divergent boundary
• The process by which a continent is pulled apart at a divergent plate boundary → Continental rifting
• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another → Transform boundary
• A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide → Convergent boundary
• process in which two lithospheric plates of different densities converge and the denser one sinks into the mantle beneath the other → Subduction