Plate Boundaries
How do divergent boundaries move
they divide apart
What kind of volcano is a steep cone shaped hill or small moutain made of volcano ash, cinders, and bombs
cinder cone
Subduction causes.....
moutains and volcanoes
________ crust helps form continents.
continental
What is the hightest moutain above sea level
Mount Everest
Transform Boundaries cause....
earthquakes
How are mid-ocean ridges formed
when tectonic plates move away (divergent boundaries)
What is convection
heat transfer through currents
The oceanic crust is the _________ layer in the Earths lithosphere crust
outermost
What was the strongest Earthquake ever recorded?
The Valdivia Earthquake of 1960- estimated magnitude 9.6-9.4
A Plate Boundary is when.......
two lithosphereic plates meet
How are moutains formed
moutains form when they smash together (convergent boundaries)
What is magma?
hot fluid or semifluid material below or within Earths crust
Continental crust is formed by
convergent boundaries
Radiation is......
heat transfer through waves
Convergent Boundaries move by.....
colliding together
What is deep ocean trench
deep ocean trench is when crust bends downward
Seafloor Spreading causes.....
new crust
Oceanic crust forms at spreading centers on ocean ridges which occur at ________ plate boundaries
divergent
What are L waves
Land waves
The movement of plates cause...
moutains, volcanoes, earthquake
How are volcanoes formed
when material from inside the Earth reaches the surface
The world's most Earthquake prone countries are......
Where is new crust formed
at oceanic spreading centers
How high is the highest volcano Mauna Loa
13,677 (14,00 is close enough)