Skip to main content

Back to the full dot-point answer

EnglandGeologyQuick questions

Module 3: Global tectonics - Plate tectonics

Quick questions on Plate margins and their features: constructive, destructive and conservative boundaries - OCR A-Level Geology

3short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.

What is q1?
Show answer
State the type of magma and the volcano style at a constructive margin. [2 marks]
What is q2?
Show answer
Explain what the Benioff zone is and why it dips. [2 marks]
What is q3?
Show answer
Explain why fold mountains form at a continent-continent margin rather than a volcanic arc. [2 marks]

Have a question we have not covered?

This dot-point answer is short enough that we have not extracted many short questions yet. Read the full dot-point answer or ask Mo, our study assistant, in the chat for follow ups.

All GeologyQ&A pages