Vocab
_____ is the movement of matter due to differences in density
What is Convection?
A _____ boundary is where two plates collide
What is a convergent boundary?
An _____ is when seismic energy in the earth's crust and mantle is released
What is an earthquake?
A ___ is anything that emits gas, rock, or other materials into the atmosphere
What is a volcano?
_______ was the super continent that the tectonic plates once formed
What was Pangaea
A ____ boundary is where two plates separate
What is divergent?
The ____ of an earthquake is where it originates
What is the focus?
A ____ is where eruptions an leaks can occur
What is a vent?
______ is the changing of rock's shape
What is deformation?
A ___ boundary is where plates slide past each other horizontally
What is a transform boundary?
The __________ of an earthquake is the point directly above the focus on the surface
What is the epicenter
A _____ ______ was the creator of the Hawaiian islands
What is a mantle plume?
The ____ of ____ is the area where most volcanoes are around the pacific
What is the Ring of Fire
Mountains are formed by convergent boundaries. Which kind of stress occurs at convergent boundaries?
What is compression?
A _____ occurs when there is an earthquake over water
What is a tsunami?
A ___ is formed when a magma chamber collapses
What is a caldera?
______ rebound is the process in which rock comes back to it's original shape.
What is elastic?
____ ______ and ______ are all types of stress that occur at plate boundaries
What are shear stress, compression, and tension?
Tsunamis can reach about _____ yards inland
What is 700 yards?
A ____ is where magma seeps out from the crust
What is a fissure?