it is the area where plates meet.
PLATE BOUNDARIES
Enumerate the 4 Layers of the Earth.
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Enumerate the 3 kinds of plate boundaries.
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
Identify the type of boundary where plates move apart and new crust forms.
Identify the type of boundary where plates move toward each other, causing subduction or mountain formation.
Identify the type of boundary where plates slide past one another, leading to earthquakes.
Transform
What is the famous transform fault located in California?
San Andreas Fault
Identify the process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another.
Subduction
What do you call the place where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another at a convergent boundary?
Subduction Zone
Enumerate the 3 kinds of Convergent Plate Boundary
Oceanic-Oceanic, Continental-Continental, Oceanic-Continental
It is the deepest known point in Earth's ocean.
Challenger Deep
Identify the natural event that happens when plates move at their boundaries.
Earthquake
What is the result of a divergent plate boundary?
Rift Valleys
What do you call the soft, flowing layer of the upper mantle that tectonic plates move on?
Asthenosphere
What is the process called when new ocean crust forms as tectonic plates move apart at a divergent boundary?
Seafloor Spreading