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Convergent
Density
Divergent
Plate Tectonics
Transform
100
When two continental plates collide, these form.
What are mountains
100
The formula for calculating density
What is mass divided by volume
100
This island nation was formed in the Atlantic oceans when the N. American plate separated from the Eurasian plate.
What is Iceland
100
These lava spewing mountains are often on plate boundaries
What are volcanoes
100
The most famous transform boundary
What is the San Andreas fault in California
200
This country's islands were formed when two Oceanic plates converged.
What is Japan
200
Basalt is _______ dense than granite.
What is more
200
The meaning of "Di"
What is two
200
200,000,000 years ago the plates were connected in this super-continent
What is Pangaea
200
Another name for transform boundaries
What is strike-slip boundary
300
South America is a good example of these two types of plates colliding
What is ocean and continental
300
The most dense part of the Earth
What is the inner core
300
Earthquakes are shallow on the Earth's surface because this does NOT occur at divergent boundaries
What is subduction
300
Plates are made from the crust and the top of the mantle, which is also called this.
What is the lithosphere (lithospheric plates)
300
Although transform boundaries do not produce many volcanoes, they usually cause these.
What are Earthquakes
400
Subduction zones give us clues to how deep these occur
What are Earthquakes
400
The density of water
What is 1g/cm3
400
Divergent boundaries create new rock when this flows out of the upper part of the Mantle
What is magma
400
These move the plates
What are convection currents
400
A transform boundary is not parallel to a divergent boundary. It is _______.
What is perpendicular
500
When the Indian subcontinent pushed into Asia, this mountain range was formed
What is the Himalayas
500
The denser kind of crust
What is oceanic
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This is the divergent boundary where all human life comes from.
500
When a plate has a hole in it and magma comes out, it is called this. Hawaii is an example
What is a hot spot
500
Transform and other boundaries generally move the same speed as this on humans
What is fingernails and/or hair