Tectonic Plates 1
In this type of boundary, plates are moving towards each other.
Convergent plate boundaries
In this type of plate boundary, plates are moving apart
Divergent plate boundaries
What is the thinnest part of the earth?
The crust
In this type of boundary, plates slide against each other
Transform plate boundaries
What is the name of the theory that states the earth's crust is made of large sections moving over the mantle.
The theory of Plate Tectonics or Continental Drift.
Where do tectonic plates interact?
At the boundaries.
What lies directly beneath the crust
The mantle
What is the liquid part of the core called
Outer core
Name the 2 types of crust
Continental and Oceanic.
Which tectonic plate is located at the left of the South American Plate?
Nazca Plate
What happen to magma when it cools down?
It becomes a solid.
Where do convection currents occurs?
In the mantle.
What causes the plates to move?
The convection currents in the mantle.
Molten rock is called
Magma
The biggest fault in California is called:
San Andreas Fault
Transform boundaries creates
Earthquakes
Divergent plate boundaries create this:
Canyons,trenches,and underwater volcanoes.
Cracks in the earth are called?
Faults
When a plate slides under another is called
Subduction
Tectonic Plate where Puerto Rico is located:
Caribbean Plate
A continental plate converging with a continental plate creates this
Mountains
The core is made up of what 2 elements
Iron and Nickel
What are the some of the mountains created be convergent plate boundaries?
Himalayas, Andes, Cordillera Central, Everest, Yunque
Layer of the earth located in the mantle:
Asthenosphere
Plate located under South America
Antarctic