Lithosphere
Where is the lithosphere located
It is the outermost shell of earth.
What is the largest Tectonic plate
The Pacific plate
Do tectonic boundaries create landforms?
Yes
How are earthquakes created?
when 2 plates collide against each other.
What Happens when continental crust and continental crust converge?
Mountain or mountain ranges. An example is the Himalayas mountains.
What types of rocks make up the lithosphere
Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
Are tectonic plates located on the lithosphere?
Yes
What direction do convergent boundaries go?
When 2 plates collide head on.
True or false, earthquakes can occur in any weather?
True
What landform occurs when a plates diverge.
A volcano or if it happens in the ocean rift boundaries.
What 2 types of rocks are found in the deeper part of the lithosphere
Igneous and metamorphic
Approximately how fast do tectonic plates move.
At the speed of fingernail growth.
What way do divergent boundaries go?
They move apart from eachother.
What is a seismograph?
A device used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
How does a subduction zone take place?
when both tectonic plates colliding are make of oceanic crust.
What type of rock is found of the outer part of the lithosphere.
sedimentary rocks.
What are the 2 main types of Tectonic Plates.
oceanic and continental.
What direction do transform boundaries go?
When 2 plates slide against each other?
What Can earthquakes create? (Hint: it has something to do with water)
Tsunamis
what happens when oceanic crust meets continental crust?
The oceanic plate goes under the continental plate and the oceanic plate gets subducted, an example of this is the san andreas fault.
approximately how thick is the lithosphere.
22 Miles thick.
How Many Tectonic plates are there.
7 Tectonic plates.
What are the 3 main types of plate boundaries?
Convergent boundaries, Divergent boundaries and Transform boundaries
Where do 80% of all earthquakes take place? (Hint: its its 3 regions.)
Mid Atlantic ridge, alpine belt, and the pacific belt.
what plate boundary causes earthquakes?
Transform boundaries.