Name The Cause
The San Andreas has a _________.
Name what crustal feature it is.
Fault line.
It when two plates pull apart.
what is convergent boundary?
When two plates come together.
what is transform boundary?
when two plates slide/grind past each other.
Pangea
What crustal feature is in the Mid-Atlantic.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
what does oceanic-divergent boundary cause?
Mid-ocean ridge.
what does oceanic-continental convergent boundary cause?
Volcanic mountains, subduction zones, and trenches.
what does transform boundary cause?
Faults
Sea ________ _______ creates midocean ridges, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.
floor spreading
Japan and Aleutian Island have what crustal feature?
Volcanic Island chains, subduction zones, and trenches.
what does continental-divergent boundary cause?
Rift valley
what does oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary cause?
Volcanic island chains, subduction zones, and trenches.
what causes plates to move?
Convection in the mantle.
T or F, subduction zones would have earthquake activity.
True
The Himalayan mountains are what crustal feature?
Folded mountains
When the earth's tectonic plates move, we call this a _______.
earthquakes
what does continental-continental convergent boundary cause?
Folded mountains.
the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart; can occur within the continental crust or oceanic crust is called?
rifting
T or F there are only two types of convergent boundaries.
False
what type of crustal feature does East Africa have?
Rift valley
When one tectonic plate dives under another, it is called ______.
Subduction
A major volcanic zone which is found along the Pacific ocean and travels all the way from South America, to North America and along Asia.
Ring of fire.
an underwater chain of mountains.
Mid ocean ridge.
what is the plate tectonic boundary song?
Divergent-divides, Covergent-collides, and Transform slides.