Convergent Boundaries
What is more dense? Oceanic Crust or Continental Crust?
Oceanic Crust
What is a divergent boundary?
Tectonic plates moving away from each other
What is a transform boundary?
Two plates "sliding" past one another
Name the layers of Earth from the inside to the out
Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Crust
What is the difference between a landform and a geological process?
Landform: natural features on Earth's surface
Geological Process: natural events that create landforms
How should arrows point to represent a convergent boundary?
Towards each other
Do volcanoes occur at Divergent boundaries?
Yes
What faults can be found at transform boundaries?
Strike-slip faults
What state of matter is the crust?
Solid
What is responsible for the movement of plate tectonics?
Mantle Convection
What features are found at a continental-oceanic collision?
Thrust faults, folded rocks, deep underwater trench, explosive volcanic eruptions, deep, powerful earthquakes, continental mountain range
How are mid-ocean ridges formed?
Two oceanic plates moving apart, magma coming up and cooling down
What is a strike-slip fault?
lateral or horizontal movements within the Earth's crust
What Earth layer is primarily responsible for tectonic plate movement?
Mantle
Give one example of a geological process we have talked about so far
Teacher's Choice
What features are found at a continental-continental collision?
What features are found at continental divergent boundaries?
Normal faults, valleys, domes, volcanic eruptions
Volcanoes
Why is the inner core solid?
Pressure
Where do volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
Tectonic plate boundaries
What is the subduction zone?
Where the tectonic plates dive back into the mantle
What features are found at oceanic divergent boundaries?
Normal faults, underwater ridge, underwater volcanic eruptions
What features can be found at transform boundaries?
Strike-slip faults, powerful earthquakes, no volcanic eruptions
What is Earth's internal source of heating? Where does it occur?
Radioactive Decay Processes. In the core
What can s-waves move through?
Solids only