Types of Boundaries
What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault an example of?
Transform boundary
What type of geological feature is formed when an oceanic plate is subducted beneath a continental plate?
Volcano or trench
the thickest layer of the Earth made of mostly semi-solid rock
What is the Mantle?
Which tectonic plate includes the majority of the African continent?
African Plate
What tectonic event is responsible for the formation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
Sea-floor spreading
What is the term for the boundary where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
Subduction Zone
What geological feature is often associated with transform boundaries?
Earthquakes
What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates from Pangea to their current locations?
Continental drift
Which tectonic plate includes the majority of the North American continent?
North American Plate
What tectonic event led to the formation of the Himalayas?
Collision of the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate
What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?
What geological feature is commonly formed at a divergent boundary in the ocean?
Mid-ocean ridge
What is the process called when new oceanic crust is formed as tectonic plates move apart?
Sea-floor spreading
Which tectonic plate is the largest and most active?
Pacific Plate
What famous fault line is an example of a transform boundary in the United States?
San Andreas Fault
What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other?
Divergent boundary
What geological feature is commonly formed at a convergent boundary between two continental plates?
Mountains
What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle?
Subduction
Area surrounding the Pacific Ocean where subduction zones cause volcanoes and earthquakes
What is the Ring of Fire?
The super continent that existed millions and millions of years ago
What is Pangaea?
What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move towards each other?
Convergent boundary
super-hot, made of iron and nickel, is responsible for the magnetosphere
What is the Earth's core?
EXTRA EXTRA!!
A collection of particles that are always in movement
What is kinetic particle theory?
When energy us added to molecules the molecules will rise due to density. As the substance cools down, it will sink back down
What are convection currents?
as new crust is created at a mid-ocean ridge magnetic rocks are deposited. Over time as the poles reverse, the rocks will change their direction
What are paleomagnetic stripes?
What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates that causes the formation of new oceanic crust?
Divergence or divergent boundary
Extra Extra!
This is the pattern that water particles snap into when they freeze into ice
What is a lattice?
Which type of crust is more dense and slides under the other crust at subduction zones?
oceanic crust
What geological feature is formed by the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate?
Himalayas
Extra Extra!
Which is more dense ice or water?
ICE
Bro, IT FLOATS IN WATER, yo!