Tectonic Plates 1
In this type of plate boundary, plates are moving apart
What are divergent boundaries
The thinnest part of the earth.
What is the crust?
In this type of boundary, plates slide against each other
What is transform boundaries
This is where tectonic plates interact.
What are boundaries
Earthquakes typically occur around these
What are plate boundaries?
This is what happens to magma when it cools down.
What is- it becomes a solid igneous rock?
This is where convection currents occur.
What is the mantle?
Transform boundaries create this
What are earthquakes?
Divergent plate boundaries create this
What are new oceanic crust or underwater volcanoes or rift valleys or volcanic activity
The mantle is broken into three layers called....
What is solid rock, magma/molten rock, and solid rock
A (continental) convergent plate converging with a (continental) convergent plate creates this
What is a mountain?
This was a supercontinent, when all the continents were connected.
What is Pangea?
This landform was created by constructive and destructive process and forms at the mouth of rivers.
What are deltas?
Lava forms after this erupts from a volcano.
What is magma?
This can happen at all boundries.
What are earthquakes?