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Boundary Types
Shakey Areas
Plates
Misc.
Notable quakes and eruptions
100
An area where one plate of crust may slide beneath another
What is a subduction zone
100
Area of crust that is occupied by a land mass
What is the continental crust
100
When a fault moves horizontal
What is a strike slip fault
100
Plate tectonics originally caused what continent to break up?
What is Pangea
100
This earthquake which occurred in 1906 in the U.S. was very powerful and caused many fires
What is the great San Francisco earthquake
200
When two plates magma surges upward to the surface of the plate and pushes them apart
What is divergent plate boundary
200
Where one plate dives beneath another at ocean-ocean convergences
What is a trench
200
The lithosphere is broken up into _____
What are tectonic plates
200
This theory supports that the world was once made up of a single continent
What is the theory of continental drift
200
This recent earthquake decimated a nuclear power plant, and caused huge tsunamis
What is the Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011
300
When two plates meet, they may slip and grind alongside one another
What is a transform plate boundary
300
Plates make up this part of the earth
What is the lithosphere
300
Three things that plate tectonics cause that can be dangerous to humans
What are earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis
300
The worlds most active volcanoes occur here
What are plate boundaries
300
This 2004 offshore quake caused a powerful tsunami, and sparked a worldwide relief effort occurred where?
What is Indonesia
400
An area where tectonic plates converge which can result in a subduction zone
What is a convergent plate boundary
400
These move the plates in different directions
What are convection currents
400
The names of the two plates that affect the United States
What are the North American and Pacific plates
400
What is the most active plate combination
What are the Pacific and North American plates
400
In the year 62 this Mediterranean place was buried by ash from the eruption of a nearby volcano
What is Pompeii
500
Where plates collide
What is a boundary
500
This area of crust is not near land
What is oceanic crust
500
This type of volcano is formed at the edge of convergent plate boundaries
What are strato-volcanos
500
The person who first suggested the theory of continental drift
Who is Alfred Weger
500
This 1964 earthquakes which caused multiple tsunamis on the west coast of the united states occurred where?
What is Prince William sound, Alaska