Vocabulary
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes & Tsunamis
Landforms & Processes
Volcanoes!
100

Region where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other, away from each other, or alongside each other

Plate Boundary

100

What type of plate boundary do you get subduction zones?

convergent boundaries

100

What type of plate boundary has the most frequent earthquakes?

Transform boundary

100

A land formation at a divergent oceanic boundary

Mid-Ocean Ridge

100

Where are most of earth's volcanoes located?

Under the ocean at mid-ocean ridges

200

What are the two types of earth's crust?

Oceanic Crust & Continental Crust
200

What type of plate boundary forms rift valleys? 

Divergent continental plates

200

On what type of plate boundary do you get normal faults?

Divergent Boundary

200

What type of plate boundary is responsible for the Himalayan Mountains?

Continental Convergent Boundary

200

What do you call an area where there are volcanoes that are NOT NEAR a plate boundary?

Hot Spots

300

A theory proposed in 1912 by Alfred Wegener that stating that the earth's continents had once been joined as a single landmass called Pangea

Continental Drift

300

Which type of plate boundary forms island arcs? (list type of boundary and type of crust)

convergent Oceanic-Oceanic boundary

300

Why are tsunami's so dangerous? (Give 1 reason)

They are hard to predict and move very quickly

300

What is the most dense type of earth's crust?

oceanic

300

What type of volcano is often considered the most dangerous?

A composite volcano


400

What property determines which plate will subduct below the other one?

density

400

What type of plate boundary do you get coastal mountain ranges with lots of volcanoes?

convergent oceanic-continental boundary

400

What is the name of the area underground where an earthquake starts?

focus

400
Continental-oceanic plate boundaries always meet off of the coast. What landform do you find at their boundary?

Deep sea trench!

400

What type of plate boundary is not associated with volcanoes?

500

What are breaks in earth's crust where blocks of rock move?

Faults

500

What type of plate boundary is responsible for forming the Pacific Ring of Fire?

oceanic- continental convergent boundary

500

What type of seismic waves are responsible for causing more damage to buildings and people?

S-Waves

500

Why do volcanoes and earthquakes often happen in similar places around the world?

Because they are located on plate boundaries

500

What do you call a volcano that will never erupt again?

Extinct