Plate Boundaries
Name the three plate boundaries
1. Convergent
2. Divergent
3. Transform
The boundary of the Pacific Plate, where most of the worlds volcanos and earthquakes can be found is called the?
the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The most sacred site for Indigenous People in Australia.
Uluru
What type of mountain is Mt. Everest
a 'fold mountain'
The Hawaiian Islands were formed by continental movement over a?
'hotspot'
What type of zone do you find below a convergent plate boundary
'subduction zone'
The name given to the line between to tectonic plates.
'fault line'
Mt. Coolum is what type of of rock?
igneous
A type of mountain where magma is trapped between 2 layers of rock.
a dome mountain
Why do people live near volcanos?
'fertile soil'
When transform plate boundaries move it typically creates what geographical process?
an earthquake
The Indian Plate crashing into the Eurasian Plate has created what landform?
the Himalayas.
A laccolith is what type of mountain?
a dome
A type of mountain where magma from beneath the Earth makes its way to the surface.
a volcano
What is 'Geothermal energy' caused by?
active or dormant volcanoes still producing heat deep under the Earth’s surface.
As divergent plates move what is typically released?
magma.
When 2 plates move apart and magma rises to the surface, that area is known as what type of zone?
a construction zone.
The name of the chain of volcanos found in South East Queensland.
'The Glasshouse Mountains'
Starting with 'P' this mountain is not formed by internal activity. Instead, these mountains are formed by erosion.
Plateau Mountains.
a layered volcano that is cone shaped and very tall
The movement of magma underneath a plate boundary is called?
a convection current.
The San Andreas Fault line is cause by Pacific Plate and what other plate?
the North American Plate.
The dreamtime story about the glasshouse mountains includes a mother and a father, which mountains were the mother and father?
Beerwah and Tibrogargan
What is the tallest mountain in Australia?
Mount Kosciuszko
What type of landform is Mount Fuji?
A volcano