Divergent Boundaries
where two plates move apart or diverge?
what is a divergent boundary
where two plates come together, causing a collision
what is a convergent boundary
where plates slide past one another moving in opposite directions?
what is a transform boundary
where two plates meet is called a ____ ______?
Plate boundary
a sudden shaking of earths surface near a fault line?
Earthquake
Divergent boundaries happen as plates move ______ ______ each other.
away from
when one plate slides under another?
what is subduction
what is a real life example of a transform boundary in california?
San Andreas Fault
What are the two types of plates?
Oceanic and Continental
a super continent made of all the current continents together over 225 million years ago
Pangea
Seafloor spreading is due to _______ Boundaries
divergent
Convergent collisions result in what landform?
Mountain ranges
Which type of plates are the MOST dense
Oceanic
which layer of earth is made up of soft solid layer of rock?
mantle
What is the cause of movement of the plates?
convection currents in the mantle drive plate movement.
what forms when a divergent boundary happens between two continental plates?
Canyon or Volcano or rift
A ______ is a fold in the land where one plate subducts under another
trench
Earthquakes are much ______ when occurring on a transform boundary because the plates can "snag" on each other.
stronger
When two oceanic plates converge, what do they form?
Islands
What are the features that do not happen at a plate boundary but is where large magma under the crust pushes through the cracks creating volcanoes?
Hot Spot
What geological feature is created by a Divergent Plate Boundary?
Rift Valleys / mid - ocean ridge or canyon
what are 2 geological feature can be created by a Convergent plate boundary?
mountain chain / sea floor trench
what is one geological feature that is created by a transform boundary?
Faults
A chain of volcanoes that have built up overtime due to hotspots are located on the ______ _______.
Hawaiian Islands
What is the name of the upper crust and mantle where tectonic plates are located?
Lithosphere