Plate Tectonics Basic
The names of the different plate boundaries.
What is converging, diverging, and transforming?
temperature that lava reaches
What is 2192 degrees fahrenheit?
The names of the waves that energy travels through
What is P-waves and S-waves?
Describe landslides
What is the downslope movement of rock, debris, or earth under the direct influence of gravity?
plate boundary
What is the edge where two tectonic plates meet and interact?
The different plate boundaries create what geohazards and landforms
What is earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains?
The different types of volcanoes
What is shield, composite, cinder cone, and lava dome?
The point directly under the earthquake
What is Focus (Hypocenter)?
Describe tsunamis
What is a series of powerful ocean waves generated by large-scale, sudden disturbances?
Signs of a convergent boundaries
What is subduction zones, deep earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building?
Describe Pangea
what is a supercontinent that consisted of almost all of earths landmasses and existed 200 to 335 million years ago?
The ring of fire
What is a area in the Pacific Ocean with high volcanic and seismic activity?
The point directly above the earthquake
What is epicenter?
Population affected most by geohazards
signs of a divergent boundary
What is new seafloor creation, rift valleys, shallow earthquakes, and mid-ocean ridges?
The San Andreas Fault
What is a famous transform boundary between the North American and Pacific plates?
The volcano that erupts every day
What is Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala?
The tool used to measure earthquakes
What is seismograph?
Can geohazards be predicted
What is precise prediction of when an earthquake or volcanic eruption will occur is not possible?
Scientists tell where a boundary is
What is mapping narrow belts of earthquakes, volcanic activity, and young mountain ranges?
The names of the different types of crust
What is oceanic crust and continental crust?
Hazards volcanoes cause
What is pyroclastic flows, ash clouds, and lahars?
where do most earthquakes occur
What is the ring of fire?
The geohazard that takes the most lives
What is earthquakes?
Evidence collected by scientists for boundaries
What is seafloor spreading rates, seismic data (earthquake depths), and rock samples?