occurs when 2 plates are pushing towards each other.
When do convergent boundaries occur?
100
They occur on the edges of continents and in the ring of fire.
Where do most earthquakes occur?
100
When all the land masses were together before continents.
What is Pangaea?
200
1.Cover several of miles.
2.long,gently sloped sides.
3.fluid like lava flows out over the sides over long periods of time.
What are characteristics of a shield volcano?
200
Occur when They move apart from each other
When do divergent boundaries occur?
300
1.most dangerous,tend to erupt violently,ejecting large quantities of ash cinders and lava. One example is the Mt. Saint Helens.
What are characteristics of composite volcanoes?
300
Examples of where the plate boundary occurs:Between the Pacific plate and the Australian plate, crossing New Zealand and between the Pacific and North american plates.
What are some areas transform boundaries occur?
400
Form on sides of shield volcanoes. Steep cone shaped volcanoes. Usually erupt once,solidify,and never erupt again.loos material on sides tend to collapse.