Boundaries
A type of boundary where plates collide
What is convergent?
A volcano that doesn't last as long because it mostly rock and ash
What is a cinder cone volcano?
What is the super continent identified by Wegener called?
The rigid upper mantle, the oceanic crust, and the continental crust
What makes up the lithosphere?
What is an instrument that measures magnitude?
What is a divergent boundary?
Enriched soil and new land features
What are constructive forces of volcanoes?
Earthquakes and volcanoes
What are the most common events along tectonic plates?
The point on the earth right above the focus of the earthquake
What is an epicenter?
3
Where two plates rub against each other
What is a transform boundary?
A volcano with a steep summit and a broad base
What is a composite or stratovolcano?
Fossils of tropical plants found in Antarctica
What is evidence that the continents were once connected?
The trench formed by oceanic crust at a boundary
What is a subduction zone?
Mercalli Scale
What is an instrument that measures intensity of an earthquake?
These two crusts create volcanic arcs when they collide.
What is oceanic crust to oceanic crust?
A volcano that doesn't grow as tall as it does wide
What is a shield volcano?
Identical rock types, fossils, and similar mountain ranges found on separate continents
What is proof that the continents were once joined?
Ring of Fire
What is the area where most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
What does a correlation spectrometer measure?
Where the newest lava is located after a divergent boundary is formed
What is "closest to the center"?
What type of volcano thin (non-viscous) lava would create
What is a shield volcano?
What is rock that makes up the oceanic crust?
California and Japan are both on boundaries of active plates that move.
Why do areas like California and Japan have more earthquakes?
Earthquake activity or seismic waves
What does a seismograph measure?