Plate Tectonics

Boundaries

100

large pieces of Earth on magma that shift and move with convection currents in the magma

crustal plates

200

Convergent Boundary

What type of boundary is it when crust destroyed?

300

Divergent Boundary

What type of boundary is it when new crust forms?

400

Transform Boundary

What type of boundary is it when two plates slide past each other?

500

Convergent, Divergent, Transform Boundaries

What are the three types of boundaries?

Plate Tectonics

100

super continent that was the origins of our current continents

Pangea

200

Crust

What is another name for lithosphere?

300

area where plates collide.

plate boundary

400

convection Currents

What causes plates to move?

500

theory to explain how crustal plates shift

What are plate tectonics?

Earthquakes

100

device used to measure earthquakes

seismograph

200

center of an earthquake on the surface

epicenter

300

waves used to measure an earthquake

S waves and P waves

400

center of an earthquake

focus

500

Waves that cause the side to side shake that causes most damage

S waves

How We Study

100

Given information that we can use to develop ideas and to solve

situation

200

Examining a problem from all sides using facts to support a possible solution

critical thinking

300

what we do with a chosen solution to collect data if it will work or not

test solution

400

steps of the engineering design cycle

situation

research

develop solutions

choose solution

test solution

evaluation

500

types of questions we can answer when we critically think

understanding

application

analysis

evaluation

creation

Faults

100

location where faults are located

plate boundaries

200

fault formed at a divergent plate boundary

normal

300

fault formed at a convergent plate boundary

reverse fault

400

fault formed at a transformational plate boundary

strike slip fault

500

The San Andreas fault is a

strike slip fault