Vocab
The reason something has occurred or is ocurring.
Causation
Type of plate boundary that slides past each other
Transform
The movement of the bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other and then roughly moving past each other
Earthquake
A vent in the earths crust through which magma and gases are released
Volcano
Earths crust located under the ocean
Oceanic crust
Two things or events happening together or at the same time but not causing one another.
Correlation
Type of plate boundary that crashes into each other
Convergent
The size of something
Magnitude
Magma that reaches the earths surface
Lava
Earths crust located under land
Continental crust
The speed at which rock is work away
Erosion Rate
Type of plate boundary that pulls away from each other
Divergent
Type of plate boundary that creates earthquakes
Transform
Molten rock beneath the earth's surface
Magma
The surface of the earth
Crust
How much an area of land is pushed up over time
Uplift Rate
Convergent boundaries create what
Mountains and volcanos
How far or deep down into the earth an earthquakes is occurring
Earthquakes depth
Where are volcanos usually located
Near the cost
The layer of hot, solid material between the earth's crust and core
Mantle
The solid layer of rock beneath the soil
Bedrock
Divergent boundaries create what
New ocean floor
The point on earths surface that is directly above where an earthquake occurs.
Epicenter
Two types of convergent boundaries that create volcanos
Continental and oceanic
A type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above
Sedimentary rock