What is deformation of the crust as a consequence of plate interaction
100
What country has a divergent plate boundry running through it?
What is Iceland
100
What do ocean/ocean collisions form?
What is trenches.
100
volcanism is focused at
What is plate margins
200
thickness of oceanic crust
What is 6-11km
200
The plate are made of rigid ........
What is lithosphere?
200
What is a continent that has a divergent plate boundary running through the middle of it? Note: this is a definition not a specific thing
What is Continental Rifting
200
deep depression in ocean floor
What is trenches
200
Hot mantle plumes breaching the surface in the middle of a tectonic plate is called.....?
What is hotspot volcanoes
300
Why is oceanic crust younger?
What is because it is being frequently replaced from subduction
300
What lies below the lithosphere?
What is asthenosphere?
300
What are the three convergent plate boundary types?
What is continent/continent collision, continent/ocean collision, and ocean/ocean collision
300
deep depression in ocean floor example
What is the Mariana trench
300
What is an example of a hotspot volcano chain
What is Hawaiian volcano chain.
400
How do we know what the earth is made of?
What is Geo-physical surveys
400
What are the plates of the lithosphere made of?
What is hot convection cells
400
What do Continent/Continent collisions form?
What is mountain ranges
400
Where plates slide past each other
What is a transform boundary?
400
What cause earthquakes to occur?
What is friction between boundaries of plates which heat up and built up energy causes them to shake
get approved by Mr. Salerno
500
How many plates is the crust divided into?
What is 12 major plates?
500
Name the three types of plate boundaries.
What is divergent convergent transform
500
What can continent/ocean collisions be called?
What is subduction?
500
example of transform fault
What is San Andreas
500
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