General
What are the slabs of Earth called that make up the crust?
Tectonic Plates
What are the two types of tectonic plates called?
Continental and oceanic.
What hazard/s happen at a divergent plate boundary?
WEAK earthquakes and volcanoes.
What do we call the places where tectonic plates meet?
Plate boundaries
What happens with the plates at a divergent plate boundary?
The plates move away from each other.
What hazard/s happen at a transform plate boundary?
Powerful earthquakes.
What do we call the liquid rock found in the mantle?
Magma
How many main types of plate boundaries are there?
3
What happens with the plates at a transform boundary?
The plates slide past each other.
What hazard/s happen at a convergent plate boundary between two continental plates?
Powerful earthquakes.
What are the names of the three plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent, and transform
What happens with the plates at a convergent plate boundary?
The plates move towards each other.
What hazard/s happen at a convergent boundary between an oceanic and a continental plate?
Powerful earthquakes and volcanoes.
What causes tectonic plates to move slowly over many years?
Convection currents in the Earth's mantle.
What is it called when an oceanic plate gets pushed under a continental plate at a convergent boundary?
Subduction
What can form at a convergent plate boundary?
Mountains
What is happening in a convection cell in the mantle?
Hot magma rises to the crust and cools, causing it to fall back down towards the outer core.