Plate Boundaries
Faults
Stress
Landforms
100
This type of boundary forms when two plates move apart.
What is divergent?
100
The type of 'wall' that is thicker on the bottom than the hanging wall.
What is the footwall?
100
A force that acts on rock to change its shape and volume.
What is stress?
100
This feature can be found under the ocean where a divergent boundary occurs.
What is a mid-ocean ridge?
200
This is the other name for a convergent boundary. (Hint:Constructive, destructive or conservative)
What is destructive
200
In this fault, the hanging wall slips down the footwall.
What is a normal fault?
200
This type of stress pulls on the rock and stretches it. Causing it to become thinner in the middle.
What is tension?
200
This land feature is found in the Pacific Ocean, at convergent boundaries. It is named after its circle of volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
300
The other name for a transform boundary.(Hint:Constructive, destructive or conservative)
What is conservative?
300
Breaks in the earth's crust where masses of rock can slip past each other.
What is a fault?
300
This stress pushes the rock inward. Breaks or folding can occur.
What is compression?
300
This feature is found in North America. It is located at a transform boundary. Two plates are sliding past each other and the side holding the smaller piece of land is moving toward Canada. Many earthquakes occur along this fault.
What is the San Adreas Fault?
400
At this boundary, sea floor subduction may happen.
What is a convergent?
400
In this type of boundary there is not a footwall or hanging wall. The land slides past each other
What is a strike-slip boundary?
400
The stress pushes the crust in two different directions. Cracks can occur.
What is shearing?
400
This unique mountain range is actually found at a convergent boundary where two continental plates collided. Even though it is a mountain range, ocean fossils have been found here.
What are the Himalayas?
500
This type of boundary can cause a type of stress called shearing.
What is a transform boundary?
500
This fault caused a hill to form where there once was not a hill. The foothill is slowing moving down.
What is reverse fault?
500
Stress can lead to breaks in the earth that are called______.
What is faults
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