Vocabulary
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes & Tsunamis
Landforms & Processes
Volcanoes!
100
Region where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other, away from each other, or alongside each other
Plate Boundary
100
What type of plate boundary do you get subduction zones?
convergent boundaries
100
What type of plate boundary has the most frequent earthquakes?
Transform boundary
100
A land formation at a divergent oceanic boundary
Mid-Ocean Ridge
100
Where are most of earth's volcanoes located?
Under the ocean at mid-ocean ridges
200
What are the two types of earth's crust?
Oceanic Crust & Continental Crust
200
What type of plate boundary forms rift valleys?
Divergent continental plates
200
On what type of plate boundary do you get normal faults?
Divergent Boundary
200
What type of plate boundary is responsible for the Himalayan Mountains?
Continental Convergent Boundary
200
What do you call an area where there are volcanoes that are NOT NEAR a plate boundary?
Hot Spots
300
A theory proposed in 1912 by Alfred Wegener that stating that the earth's continents had once been joined as a single landmass called Pangea
Continental Drift
300
Which type of plate boundary forms island arcs? (list type of boundary and type of crust)
convergent Oceanic-Oceanic boundary
300
Why are tsunami's so dangerous? (Give 1 reason)
They are hard to predict and move very quickly
300
What is the most dense type of earth's crust?
oceanic
300
What type of volcano is often considered the most dangerous?
A composite volcano
400
What property determines which plate will subduct below the other one?
density
400
What type of plate boundary do you get coastal mountain ranges with lots of volcanoes?
convergent oceanic-continental boundary
400
What is the name of the area underground where an earthquake starts?
focus
400
Continental-oceanic plate boundaries always meet off of the coast. What landform do you find at their boundary?
Deep sea trench!
400
What type of plate boundary is not associated with volcanoes?
500
What are breaks in earth's crust where blocks of rock move?
Faults
500
What type of plate boundary is responsible for forming the Pacific Ring of Fire?
oceanic- continental convergent boundary
500
What type of seismic waves are responsible for causing more damage to buildings and people?
S-Waves
500
Why do volcanoes and earthquakes often happen in similar places around the world?
Because they are located on plate boundaries
500
What do you call a volcano that will never erupt again?
Extinct