Divergent Plate Boundaries
Places where two plates are moving apart are known as _____.
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Plates that move towards each other have boundaries known as...
Convergent boundaries
This is the most famous transform plate boundary
San Andres Fault
A sudden release of energy stored in rocks
Earthquake
Rocks that deform plastically under compressive stresses crumple into _______
Folds
Continental ______ creates major ocean basins like the Atlantic
Rifting
When 2 continental plates converge, this is formed
Mountains
Is crust created, destroyed or neither at transform plate boundaries?
Neither
This is the place where the rocks break and create the earthquake
Focus
Rocks that bend downward in a circular structure is called a ______
A basin
What type of crust is being separated in the Atlantic Ocean?
Two oceanic
Subduction results in...
Shallow Earthquakes, Deep Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
The ______ coast of North america is a great example of a transform plate boundary
Western
________ is about half as fast as P waves and they arrive second
S Waves
Strike-slip faults have horizontal motions due to
Shear stress
Continental margins with lots of earthquakes and volcanoes are likely Active or Passive?
Active Margins
When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, this happens
The oceanic plate is subducted beneath the continental plate
Are transform plate boundaries only found in continental crust? Yes or No
no
These waves are used to study the Earth's interior
Seismic Waves
If the faults dip is inclined relative to the horizontal, the fault is a
dip-slip fault
What is the relationship between continental rifting and Pangaea?
Continental rifting tore Pangaea apart into separate continents
What happens to crust at convergent plate boundaries
Transform faults are extremely likely to have this natural disaster occur frequently.
Earthquakes
This is the similarity between the Richter scale and the Moment magnitude scale
They both measure the initial jolt of energy
The hanging wall drops down relative to the footwall in a _____
Normal fault